A New Baby at 42: Moran Kors on Motherhood, Career, and What Really Matters

Moran Kors is a prominent media personality, television host, sought after lecturer, publisher of books and card sets, director of a coaching training program, and organizer of retreats.

She is a woman of constant activity who built a thriving career while raising six children who had long since grown up. Her youngest child was seven, she had even married off her oldest daughter, and she was already looking forward to becoming a grandmother.

Then, at the age of 42, Hashem surprised her with something she never expected: the birth of another baby, seven years after she thought the baby raising chapter of her life was behind her.

My New Beginning

“For years, my life followed a familiar and predictable path. One child, then another, with gaps of two or three years between them, until eventually you reach the stage when the children are older and the home settles into a different rhythm.

“This past year, I married off a daughter, and I was waiting for the moment when I would become a grandmother. Then, when I was already living in a completely different world, Hashem decided to surprise us and brought a new soul into our lives.

“Suddenly, I found myself going back in time to diapers, bottles, nursing, and the challenge of sleepless nights. On the one hand, it feels like starting life all over again. You look at this tiny baby and become excited by every little smile as though it were the first time you had ever experienced it.

“On the other, it required a very dramatic adjustment. I am no longer 25. I am a busy woman with a wide range of professional responsibilities. Going back to waking up at night while juggling studio filming, lectures, and caring for a newborn is not a simple challenge.”

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The Cost, the Pressure, and Rediscovering Myself

“Just two weeks after giving birth, I was already back filming a program, because I am a person who loves to be active and I love what I do. But this experience changed something very deep inside me.

“In the past, I would say yes to every invitation. I would run everywhere, wanting to be here and there and somehow manage to do everything. Today, I am in a different place.

“This little baby brought me into a blessed period of turning inward. I continue my work with tremendous love because I know how much of a mission there is in being a voice in the media. I truly see it as being a shofar for Hashem, because I see the impact it has on people.

“For example, after we aired the program Zugiyut B’Mivchan (Relationships Put to the Test), I personally heard from several couples who said the program helped prevent them from getting divorced.

“I still love my work, and I thank Hashem every day for the opportunity to do it. But at the same time, my heart and my mind are first and foremost at home.

“Today, I know how to set boundaries for myself. If something works for me, it works. If it does not, that is also fine. I have learned to let go of the need to be everywhere and to please everyone.

“Understanding that you cannot, and do not need to, conquer the entire world in order to be happy is one of the greatest gifts I have received.”

My Message for the New Year

“I am entering the new year with tremendous gratitude for the miracle I was given, and with the understanding that one of the greatest gifts this baby has brought me is the realization that life often happens in the places we least expect. It is the simple things that give us real strength.

“You do not need to influence hundreds of thousands of people in order to feel genuine joy in your heart. Sometimes, one smile from a baby at the end of a busy day is exactly what provides the strength to keep going.”