Ep 36 Meeting the Dark Mother ~ Indigo & Rose [creators of Mothers at Midnight aka Therapeía]

For our final Season 3 episode we invite you to make a cup of tea or pour a glass of wine and join us - the co-creators of Mothers at Midnight aka Therapeía - for an intimate, vulnerable and sometimes uncomfortable chat about motherhood. This conversation arose out of a desire to speak more openly about the difficult, confronting and challenging aspects of motherhood. We noticed that when these topics start to arise we often find ourselves changing the topic, making light of it or adding how much we love our kids. We feel the pressure to be perfect, to be good mothers, and this requires us to marginalise other parts of who we are. We wanted to drop the facade, set aside the idea of the “good” mother and bring the our wild, messy, and complex selves more fully into the conversation. Our hope is that in speaking to these experiences you too might feel less alone, less pressured and less self-critical in your experience of mothering. We also invite you to consider your own experience of being mothered and to consider your own mother in a new light.We chat about: (05:48) Encountering the dark mother(19:00) What needs to be marginalised in order to be a “good” mother(21:20) Navigating identity shifts in motherhood(28:00) Learning to embrace the marginalised parts of ourselves without feeling like “bad” mothers(37:00) The good mother archetype(40:00) How our experience of being mothered shapes the way we mother(44:00) The too nice mother(47:00) The ice queen(51:45) The dragon lady(56:20) The sick mother(60:00) Grief in motherhood(1:10:00) How to work with your own inner dark motherAnd so much more…Contact [email protected] ResourcesMeeting the Madwoman by Linda Schierse Leonard THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! If you enjoyed this episode please leave us a 5-star review.Questions? Comments? We’d love to connect with you! Send us an email [email protected]