Maternal Anxiety & High-Achieving Mothers: Finding Calm with Kate Kripke

So many capable, high-achieving women enter motherhood expecting to adapt — and instead find themselves feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and unsure of themselves in ways they never anticipated.In this episode of MamaThrive, I’m joined by Kate Kripke to explore why motherhood can feel so destabilising, even for women who have previously navigated complex and demanding lives with ease.Kate’s work focuses on supporting mothers to understand their anxiety through the lens of the nervous system and attachment — helping them move away from pressure and perfectionism, and toward calm, confidence, and connection.Together, we explore:• Why high-achieving women often find motherhood unexpectedly overwhelming• What’s happening in the nervous system during anxiety and reactivity• How perfectionism and control show up in parenting• The role of emotional discomfort in healthy attachment• How mothers can begin to find steadiness and trust themselves againThis conversation is a powerful reframe for mothers who feel like they should be coping — but aren’t.Because the answer isn’t doing more.It’s understanding what’s really happening beneath the surface.About KateKate Kripke is a maternal mental health expert, therapist, and coach with over 20 years of experience supporting mothers.She specialises in working with high-achieving women navigating anxiety, overwhelm, and identity shifts in motherhood, using neuroscience, attachment theory, and nervous system regulation to help them move into a more grounded and connected experience of parenting.Kate’s work supports mothers in releasing perfectionism, building emotional resilience, and creating deeper connection with themselves and their children.Connect with Kate Kripke:• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katekripke/• Website: https://www.katekripke.com/