#68 The Breadth and Depth of Matrescence; An Interview with Hannah Parkes

This is an interview with a dear friend of mine, Hannah, who is a Mum of 3 and a fellow Matrescence Activist who is based in Abingdon, UK.Hannah speaks passionately and often poetically of her experiences as a woman and Mama; which I'm sure will be shared by many. Trigger Warning: from 15-minutes to 19-minutes in we speak about birth trauma and 35 minutes 30 seconds in to 35 minutes 50 seconds we speak about trouble breastfeeding.In this episode we speak about:a bit about Hannah and being a recovering people pleaserlockdown as a Mum to a newborn and 3 at homethe preciousness of witnessing our babies and what they can teach usHannah's experiences and teachings from her nursing careerbirth and the slow, difficult recovery processthe (sometimes tragic) knock-on effect of people pleasing and unsolicited advicetroubles with breastfeeding and trauma over thatthe difference between guilt and tensionepigenetics and generational traumaHannah's wonderful 'Mum-Me' Circles, held in AbingdonThemes: matrescence, motherhood, postnatal recovery, pelvic girdle pain, birth trauma, post-traumatic growth At the end, I share a poem written by Hannah herself.We mention Eliane Glasser, Zoe Blaskey, Anna Mathur, Lucy Jones, Amy Taylor-Kabbaz, Brené Brown, Gabor Maté and Emma Reed Turrell.You can find out more about Hannah and her gorgeous circles for Mums here on Facebook. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, I would really appreciate it if you could please leave a review on the platform that you listen. For more insights and to contact me you can find me on Instagram, and at www.lucywyldecoaching.com.