023 - Mothering Beyond Motherhood

Mother’s Day can hold so many things at once.Joy.Grief.Tenderness.Estrangement.Longing.Love.In this deeply personal episode, I explore the idea that mothering is bigger than biology. It’s an energy. A presence. A way of nurturing, loving, protecting, comforting, and holding one another through life.I share reflections on:my relationship with my mothergrowing up between generations and culturesqueerness and coming out in a traditional Mexican householdthe complexity of unconditional lovewomen who mother without having childrenand the ways love stretches and reshapes itself across generationsI also speak from my work as a therapist conducting consultations with individuals and couples using sperm or egg donors, where I often remind clients that family is not defined by DNA alone.A mother is not only the person who gives birth.A mother is also the one who shows up with love.This episode is for:anyone with a complicated relationship to Mother’s Daydaughters learning to hold both grief and gratitudequeer folks navigating family and identitywomen who nurture others without being recognized for itand anyone learning how to mother themselves with more tendernessAnd babygurl… maybe the deepest form of motheringis not just how we love others, but how we learnto finally love ourselves. 💛🎧 Listen, subscribe, and share with someone who needs this.