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 speak with Ronit Plank, a writer, teacher, editor, and host of the Let’s Talk Memoir podcast. Ronit is the author of the award-winning memoir When She Comes Back, which chronicles the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation.
Ronit shares her powerful story of growing up with a mother who left her and her sister to follow a guru in India, and her father who then became a single parent. We explore the profound impact of abandonment, the role of the “parentified” child, and how Ronit navigated these wounds into her own motherhood journey.
Our conversation delves into the transformative power of memoir writing as a tool for healing. Ronit explains how writing her story allowed her to reframe her narrative, understand her parents as complex individuals rather than villains, and move from a place of victimhood to one of agency and acceptance. We discuss the nuances of forgiveness versus acceptance, the importance of taking responsibility for our own patterns in relationships, and why sharing our authentic, messy stories is a vital act of connection and self-mothering.
You’ll also hear about:
- (01:39) Ronit’s childhood: born on a kibbutz in Israel, moving to the US, and her mother leaving for India to follow Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
- (04:55) The experience of being a “parentified” older daughter and the lasting impact of early abandonment.
- (08:09) How memoir writing helps reframe personal history and create a “redemptive narrative”.
- (20:19) Why Ronit prefers the concept of “acceptance” over “forgiveness” when healing family relationships.
- (25:43) Understanding our own role in family dynamics and taking responsibility for our coping mechanisms.
- (33:07) The varied reactions of Ronit’s family members to her memoir, including her father’s surprising feedback.
- (43:18) Exploring the “mother who leaves” archetype with compassion and understanding the complex reasons behind such choices.
- (52:07) Ronit’s definition of “Rewrite the Mother Code”: tuning into intuition and not abandoning oneself while nurturing others.
Join us for this insightful conversation about the power of story, the complexity of family, and the healing journey of rewriting our own narratives.
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Learn more about Ronit Plank:
- Learn more on Ronit’s Website
- Connect with Ronit on LinkedIn
- Listen to the Let’s Talk Memoir Podcast
- Follow Ronit 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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