Maggie Gordon-Walker - The Uncovered Mother

The re-release of this first episode from March 2023. Trustee of Mothers Uncovered/Livestock interviews Maggie Gordon-Walker, who is the founder of Mothers Uncovered, set up for her charity Livestock in 2008.The Brighton-based creative support courses are led by past participants, celebrating the woman behind the mother, while allowing feelings to be explored honestly, without judgement. She is an advocate for matrescence (the transition to motherhood), believing women’s wishes around pregnancy, birth and postpartum are often ignored ormarginalised. She co-edited an anthology of past participants’ stories of their matrescence: ‘The Secret Life of Mothers’ (2018) and presents this podcast.She has spoken locally and nationally and been interviewed by BBC Southeast, R5 Live and ITV.Her work on the importance of maternal peer support and recognition of matrescence has appeared in The Guardian, The Canary, Mumsnet, Charity Times and academic journals. She has won several awards for her advocacy, including Social Enterprise UK Women’s Champion and Big Issue Changemaker.www.matrescence.uk www.mothersuncovered.com #maggiegordonwalker #mothersuncovered