Episode 99: An Engaging Journey into Motherhood and Career with Dr. Raquel Martin

In today's episode of Mom Curious, Daniella is joined by Dr. Raquel Martin, an experienced licensed clinical psychologist, professor, researcher, and scientist. In this episode, our guest shares her experience balancing multiple careers while parenting young children (3:35). We then shift our focus to discuss the destigmatization of women who choose not to have children and how everyday propaganda influences life choices (9:15). At 18:40, Dr. Martin brings attention to the topic of breaking generational patterns and raising children with respect. After discussing the normalization of boundaries (34:40), Dr. Martin shares her knowledge and advice on parenting black children (42:27). We end the episode with a conversation about how parenting is an “amazingly awful” job (49:07). We hope you enjoyed this episode and look forward to seeing you on the next one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices