Mothers' Hood
Mothers' Hood
Podcast Description
Today we mother largely in isolation, away from our families, friends and communities. But it was never meant to be this way. We should be mothering amongst the stories of motherhood - its complexities, joys and challenges. Without hearing others’ stories we lack the reference to make sense of our own experiences and the language to express how we are feeling. It leaves mothers feeling disconnected, lost and believing there is something wrong with them. The Mothers’ Hood Podcast lifts the lid and tells the real, raw and honest stories of motherhood. It celebrates mothers thriving in motherhood and challenges the damaging modern narrative of the perfect mother and intensive mothering.
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The podcast addresses critical themes in motherhood including matrescence, mental health challenges during pregnancy, coping with domestic abuse, and the emotional turbulence of motherhood, with episodes featuring discussions on finding personal truth, reclaiming power during difficult pregnancies, and the stresses of societal expectations.
We should be mothering amongst the stories of motherhood – its complexities, joys and challenges – and we should have been supported and mentored through it, with the knowledge being passed down from generation to generation.
But today we mother largely in isolation, away from our families, friends and communities; it was never meant to be this way.
Without all of this we lack the reference to make sense of our own experiences and the language to express how we are feeling. It leaves mothers feeling disconnected, lost and believing there is something wrong with them.
The Mothers’ Hood Podcast lifts the lid and tells the real, raw and honest stories of motherhood. It celebrates mothers thriving in motherhood and challenges the damaging modern narrative of the perfect mother and intensive mothering.
Listen up as I drop some truth bombs in this episode, waxing lyrical on why becoming a mother can accelerate your career like a bat out of h*ll!
We’re telling mothers that they lack drive, determination, commitment and that when the baby arrives, that’s it, it’s game over for their career and they’ll just shuffle off into the background.
But what if I told you this doesn't have to be the case?
What if I told you that becoming a mother is a supercharged way of achieving bigger and better things in your career?
It can be the beginning of realising that you can achieve success on your own terms without burnout, overwhelm or exhaustion.
Giving the finger to the stuff that’s been weighing you down, shunning the outdated beliefs about motherhood and what success means is key to this.
Recognising that we’re still carrying more than our fair share of the domestic/mental/emotional load at home AND living in a society that doesn’t value caregiving also comes into play is also important.
MOTHERS’ HOOD
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