Ep #154 - The Good Enough Mother with Dr Sophie Brock
Nov 25, 2020
What does it mean to be a 'good mother?'
When we actually pause and ask ourselves that question, it can be scary what answers we here:
Always there, always available.
Never grumpy or angry.
Maybe e...
Ep #153 - Matrescence and Adoption with Melissa Christian
Oct 28, 2020
Matrescence isn't about birthing a child. It is about the whole journey of nurturing and raising children. It is about the way lose ourselves and find new versions of ourselves in and around our rol...
Ep #152 - How our job influences our expectations of motherhood with Edwina Sharrock
Oct 21, 2020
"I should know how to do this" - it's the catch cry of so many mamas as they navigate motherhood.
We have grown up with The Maternal Mandate - an assumption that because you are aa woman you should...
Ep #151 - The Fairytale of Motherhood with Annie Love
Oct 14, 2020
Our greatest suffering comes from our attachment to our fantasies.
Annie had wanted to be a mum since she was a little girl. Before she had her children she had a very clear idea of what motherh...
Ep #150 - Motherhood and the Heroine's Journey
Oct 07, 2020
For the one hundred and fiftieth episode of the Happy Mama Movement Podcast, I wanted to reflect on the journey a woman must make in her life - and the three elements she needs to be able to sust...
Ep #149 - The Yoga of Birth with Katie Rose
Sep 30, 2020
Katie Rose is an inspirational powerhouse, making ancient yogic and Ayurvedic wisdom accessible for busy modern-day women.
She has weaved in and out of my life over the last decade and to say I ...
Ep #148 - Connection Not Perfection with Amy Cox
Sep 23, 2020
We worry we're not doing enough for them, then we worry we're doing too much for them.
We feel bad we don't play enough with them, and then we worry about all the other things we need to get don...
Ep #147 - Radical body acceptance with Dr Rebecca Ray
Sep 02, 2020
Our bodies are the source and creator of motherhood.
They are the vessel for the gifts of our children.
But what happens when our body doesn't follow the 'plan' of pregnancy and birth?
W...
Ep #146 - The Inner Split
Aug 19, 2020
For many years after my first child was born, I struggled with trying to find the balance between who I was before my children arrived, and being a mama.
It was as if I was a mass of contradi...
Ep #145 - The liminal space in motherhood with Jessie Harrold
Aug 12, 2020
It's the space in between.
It's the not who you used to be, and not quite who you will be yet.
It's the darkness and the opportunity.
And as my guest in this episode describes it: it's the lim...
