The Mothers
Podcast Description
Do you ever marvel at women seemingly crushing life – building businesses, leading congress, writing best sellers, dropping hit albums, winning gold medals – then learn they also have children and think Wait, how the f*ck are they doing this? And how are they, really? // Sara Brown and Veronica Wolanin are many things and also mothers – on their own journeys to “do it all” while redefining what it means to “have it all.” Join them in funny, vulnerable, true conversations with The Mothers among us as they reflect on their lives, identity & purpose through the lens of motherhood.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes such as the balance of motherhood with personal ambitions, identity, and purpose, with episode highlights including discussions on the portrayal of mothers in the show Shrinking, personal journeys of women like Seo Yun Yang, and reflections on the musical Peter Pan related to maternal figures.
Sara Brown sits down with the people shaping our world — extraordinary leaders, creators, and thinkers — to explore how their identity, purpose, and ambition evolve alongside career and motherhood.
These conversations invite you to get curious about who you are, what you want, and why you want it — and leave you inspired to build a life that honors those answers.
Raw, smart, and deeply human, The Mothers blends the emotional honesty of We Can Do Hard Things, the practical wisdom of Mel Robbins, and the intellectual depth of Brené Brown.
Follow, review and join us on IG @themotherspod.
Amil Niazi is the writer (and Mother of three) behind The Cut’s parenting series “The Hard Part,” exploring the intersection of work and motherhood. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Washington Post, and her new book LIFE AFTER AMBITION: A ‘GOOD ENOUGH’ MEMOIR is out now!
In this episode, we talk about authenticity at work, the myth of meritocracy, motherhood as a fast track to self-trust, and what comes after ambition stops being the answer:
Highlights:
“So many mistakes, fumbles, failures”… and somehow they were the point
Leaking breast milk at the BBC, nursing in dark corners & realizing she was in the wrong life
Motherhood as the thing that finally gave her the nerve to choose herself
Why authenticity matters most when power doesn’t look like you
The moment meritocracy cracked – and why it never really applied
The relief (and grief) of redefining “enough”
Purchase Amil’s memoir LIFE AFTER AMBITION here & wherever books are sold! https://a.co/d/6VAWUCN
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The Mothers is a production of Backline Media.
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