The Re-Imagining Motherhood Podcast
If becoming a Mother (aka matrescence) is an invitation to expand, then why does it feel so restrictive at times? It's "supposed" to be hard, as is any life transition...but "this" hard? This hard is patriarchal Motherhood hard and we NEED to talk about it. So much of Motherhood feels like a "me problem" when in reality, it is much more of a "we problem". If you've been wondering why Motherhood feels so hard, let this podcast be the validation you need that there isn't anything wrong with you...burnout, depletion, overwhelm etc. are all potential symptoms of being a...
Episode 10: Lucy Jones - Matrescence as Resistance
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Welcome to episode TEN of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast.
I am thrilled to bring you Lucy Jones, investigative journalist and award-winning author of the incredibly inspiring book, “Matrescence”. In this episode, Jones and I explore the theory of matrescence - from both personal lived experience to that of the larger cultural narrative. Jones put the concept of matrescence on a much larger map - she has popularized this term, helping give Mothers the words to finally talk about their otherwise silent experiences. She has helped to normalize the...
Episode 9 - Jessie Harrold: Matrescence as a Rite of Passage
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Welcome to episode NINE of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast.
I am thrilled to bring you Jessie Harrold, coach, doula and author of her most recent book, “Mothershift - Reclaiming Motherhood as Rite of Passage”. In this episode, Harrold and I explore the concept of matrenscence - both personally and professionally. Harrold shares personal experience and professional expertise that leaves me feeling inspired that we can re-imagine Motherhood together - if only we center the Mother and bring this one word, “Matrescence” to every Mother (and human) we know...
Episode 8 - Dr. Moira Mikolajczak: Parental Burnout Explained and Explored
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Welcome to episode EIGHT of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast.
I am thrilled to bring you Moira Mikolajczak, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, and a Professor of Medical and Health Psychology at the University of Louvain in Belgium, co-creator of the Parental Burnout Scale. In this episode, Mikolajczak and I explore the field of parental burnout and how her research carries significant implications for mothers and those that support them professionally. “Parental burnout is a syndrome that affects parents exposed to chronic parental stress in the absence of sufficient re...
Episode 7 - Tracey Sidesinger PsyD - Exploring Matrescence as Opportunity and Maternal Subjectivity
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Welcome to episode SEVEN of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast.
I am thrilled to bring you Tracy Sidesinger, PsyD a clinical psychologist, trained in Jungian and relational psychoanalysis, that is bringing a feminist lens into psychotherapy. In this episode, Sidesinger and I explore the concept of matrescence as opportunity versus a potential experience of trauma for a mother. We examine the invitation that such a period of transformation can have on us, as Mothers and as women more holistically - thus then diving into the concept of maternal s...
Episode 6 - Christine Carrig, M.S.Ed. - Child Centered vs. Mother Centered
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Welcome to episode SIX of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast.
I am thrilled to bring you Christine Carrig, M.S.Ed. a Montessori educator and writer in residence with Khora Lab. In this episode, Carrig and I explore the intersection of child-development and maternal development and what it could mean for us, individually and collectively, to bring mothers more into focus. Carrig’s unique perspective as a Montessori educator and administrator brings into curiosity how child-centered we really need to be in order for our children to develop hea...
Episode 5 - Miriam Liss, Ph.D. - Maternal Shame, Guilt and Intensive Mothering
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Welcome to episode FIVE of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast.
I am thrilled to bring you Miriam Liss, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who has studied maternal guilt and shame AND so much more. In this episode, Dr. Liss and I explore the difference between guilt and shame and WHERE it comes from for so many mothers. We also explore the main parenting ideology deeply influencing maternal shame today - intensive mothering. What happens when being a “good enough” mother is a moving target and yet, we conti...
Episode 4 - A Mother's Day Bonus with Victoria Bailey, Ph.D.
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Welcome to episode FOUR of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast - a GIFT for you on Mother’s Day!
I am thrilled to bring you Victoria Bailey, Ph.D., the creative, inspiring artist-scholar that uses poetry and creative writing as a form of activism. In this BONUS Mother’s Day episode, Dr. Bailey reads one of her latest poems, “All The Ways, Always–An Ode to Mother Blame”. Grab your tissue and expect to feel seen, heard, validated in your experience of Mothering today and then inspired and with conviction that indeed...
Episode 3: Maternal Bodyfulness with Helena Vissing, Ph.D.
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Welcome to episode THREE of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast!
I am thrilled to bring you Helena Vissing, Psy.D., the incredible mind behind the theory of maternal bodyfulness. In this episode we discuss her experience as a psychodynamic and somatic experiencing practitioner lending her clinical expertise to mothers in the perinatal period - yet her unique perspective also expands the more traditional clinical practice to include the lens of matricentric feminism, trauma and the body.
Episode Summary:
We dive into so much goodness - fr...
Episode 2: Feminist Mothering with Dr. Fiona Joy Green
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Welcome to episode TWO of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast!
I am thrilled to bring you Fiona Joy Green, Ph.D., the brilliant scholar behind Feminist Mothering and Feminist Mother Work. In this episode we discuss mothering as an act of empowerment, social change and resistance to patriarchal normative Motherhood. Dr. Green is a wealth of knowledge full of wisdom to inspire you on your quest to Re-Imagine Motherhood.
Episode Summary:
We dive into the concepts of Feminist Mothering and motherwork, as well as the im...
Takeaways (Episode 1): My Quick Summary
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In this short episode, I bring you the summarized, "bite sized" version of episode 1 with Andrea O'Reilly.
Trailer - This is my WHY
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Welcome to the Trailer for the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast.
The idea of starting a podcast has felt overwhelming for a long while, but this knowledge and these incredible people are too important not to share.
Mothers, and those that support them, need this education, these perspective shifting conversations and hope for the future.
Most importantly, Mothers need words to describe their experiences, as Dr. Aurelié Athan suggests.
My hope is that this podcast does just that - gives you new words to be able to t...
Episode 1: Andrea O'Reilly, Ph.D. - Patriarchal Motherhood and Matricentric Feminism
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Welcome to episode ONE of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast!
I am thrilled to bring you Andrea O'Reilly, Ph.D., founder of Motherhood Studies and Matricentric Feminism. In this episode we talk all things patriarchal Motherhood and Matricentric Feminism. She is a wealth of knowledge and has so much to offer mothers everywhere!
Episode Summary:
We dive into the concepts of the "Good Mother" myth and why so many Mothers never feel "good enough" in their mothering - HINT - it isn't "you"...it...
