Rewrite the Mother Code with Dr. Gertrude Lyons
Podcast Description:
Mothering isn’t just a role — it’s an energy, a transformative experience that transcends traditional definitions. Whether as a noun, a verb, or a profound force, mothering is accessible to everyone who embraces it. Dr. Gertrude Lyons’ groundbreaking work celebrates this essence, providing the tools and support to lead more authentic, joyful, and fulfilling lives — whether you’re seeking greater intimacy, more job satisfaction, or something else, you’re in the right place. Dive into this revolution with the Rewrite the Mother Code podcast and awaken the mothering spirit within you.
On Rewrite the Mother Code, Dr. Gertrude explores women’s development, parenting, self-love, and relationship fulfillment through storytelling, interviews with experts, and conversations with community members. Dr. Gertrude is having conversations about motherhood and mothering that no one else is having. She brings herself and her guests into alignment through the transformational opportunity in mothering.
If you’re curious about what embarking on the journey of Rewriting YOUR Mother Code could feel like, interested in joining a community of open-hearted women, and learning to celebrate what makes you you, you’ve come to the right place.
Topic Sub-Category:
Self-Improvement
Additional Insights:
The name Rewrite the Mother Code reflects its core mission: exploring, challenging, and rewriting the internal and cultural “mother codes” (beliefs, expectations, norms) that shape how we mother (ourselves, others, life).
The podcast doesn’t limit “mothering” to biological motherhood—it frames it as an energy or force that can show up in many areas: careers, relationships, self-care, creative work.
A recurring theme is self-mothering: nurturing oneself, tending to inner emotional life, dismantling generational or societal conditioning.
Emotional intelligence, naming and working with feelings like fear, hurt, anger, sadness, joy is often woven into her framework.
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Recent Episode Notes:
Healing the Mother Wound: Transformation and Trust with Tracy Ftacek (Sept 9, 2025)
Explores letting go of perfectionism, releasing hustle culture, and stepping into a life of ease and alignment.
Tracy shares her journey from Alaska to entrepreneurship, the identity shift after selling her company, and how meditation & manifestation became emotional anchors.
Includes a discussion of a water-birthing ceremony as a turning point in healing her mother wound.
Whole-Person Healing: Dr. Mary Ella Wood on Integrative Medicine and New Motherhood (Sept 1, 2025)
Dr. Wood (physician & integrative medicine director) shares her transition from surgery to holistic medicine.
She opens up about pregnancy, navigating complications, postpartum life, breastfeeding struggles, and how her motherhood journey reshaped her medical philosophy.
Building, Breaking, and Becoming: Lessons from Ireland (Aug 25, 2025)
A solo episode by Dr. Lyons giving a personal life update: the challenges of home building, retreat planning, and caring for her aging mother.
She reflects on resilience, surrender, and how mothering herself becomes more important during transitions and chaos.
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Mothering isn’t just a role—it’s an energy, a transformative experience that transcends traditional definitions. Whether as a noun, a verb, or a profound force, mothering is accessible to everyone who embraces it. Dr. Gertrude Lyons’ groundbreaking work celebrates this essence, providing the tools and support to lead more authentic, joyful, and fulfilling lives – whether you’re seeking greater intimacy, more job satisfaction, or something else, you’re in the right place. Dive into this revolution with the Rewrite the Mother Code podcast and awaken the mothering spirit within you.
On Rewrite the Mother Code, Dr. Gertrude explores women’s development, parenting, self-love, and relationship fulfillment through storytelling, interviews with experts, and conversations with community members. Dr. Gertrude is having conversations about motherhood and mothering that no one else is having. She brings herself and her guests into alignment through the transformational opportunity in mothering.
If you’re curious about what embarking on the journey of Rewriting YOUR Mother Code could feel like, interested in joining a community of open-hearted women, and learning to celebrate what makes you you, you’ve come to the right place.
In this deeply moving episode, I sit down with Kristin Mundy, a birth, postpartum, and bereavement doula, and the founder of The Doula Life. Kristin’s journey is one of profound resilience, having navigated the heart-wrenching loss of multiple pregnancies, including her daughter Vienna and son William, before welcoming her Earthside daughter, Senna.
We explore how Kristin’s identity was shaped as the only girl among four brothers, where she first discovered her “mother’s helper” energy. This early calling eventually led her to become a doula, a word that literally translates to “mother’s helper”, long before she faced her own path through baby loss.
Kristin shares the painful reality of being a mother in “limbo”, feeling the transformation of motherhood while society fails to recognize that identity without a child on Earth. We discuss her mission to help women remember they are more than their loss stories and the essential work of “mothering oneself” through unimaginable grief. This conversation is a testament to the fact that healing and motherhood can, and do, coexist.
You’ll also hear about:
- (02:22) Kristin’s “winding road” from a large family in Niagara to her current life near Toronto.
- (08:15) Facing the “lightning strike” of repeated late-term losses and the struggle to be seen as a mother by the world.
- (14:40) Defining the “Mother Code”: How Kristin had to expand her definition of motherhood beyond raising an Earthside baby.
- (21:10) The transition from serving all mothers to specializing in bereavement and pregnancy after loss.
- (28:55) Reclaiming intuition and rebuilding trust in one’s body after it feels like it has “failed”.
- (35:20) The concept of “mothering the sky” – how to continue parenting and loving babies that are no longer here.
- (42:45) Navigating the “flames” of trying to conceive again and the unique anxiety of pregnancy after loss.
- (51:15) Kristin’s definition of Rewriting the Mother Code: Giving yourself permission to act out motherhood in your own perfect, unique way.
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Connect with Kristin Mundy
- Visit The Doula LifeWebsite
- Listen to the Rainbow Connection podcast
- Follow Kristin on Instagram
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- Learn more on Dr. Gertrude’s Website
- Follow Dr. Gertrude on Instagram
- Stay in the loop and sign up to Dr. Gertrude’s Substack
- Order Dr. Gertrude’s new book “Rewrite the Mother Code”
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