My Mum Left Me at 18 Months to Build Us a Better Life | The Goodmother Series Ep. 12

What does it cost a mother to leave her children behind so they can have a better life?In this deeply personal episode of The Goodmother Series, Ezinne sits with her mother, Reverend Christiana Asinugo, the woman whose life and name helped shape the heart of this podcast. A Nigerian-born mother, midwife, and ordained minister, Reverend Christiana shares her journey through motherhood in Nigeria, migration to the UK, raising four children across continents, faith, sacrifice, and what it means to carry family, culture, and calling at the same time.This conversation moves through birth, separation, prayer, generational strength, creative freedom, healing, grandmotherhood, and the quiet truth of becoming. It is a story of motherhood lived through the body, through faith, through memory, and through love.Follow Reverend Christiana Asinugo:TikTokThe Goodmother Series | The Unspoken TruthA modern motherhood podcast documenting how becoming a parent reshapes identity, body, and cultural belonging across the African diaspora.Hosted by Ezinne, this series centres on lived experience over advice. These are intimate, culturally rooted conversations about maternal identity, body transformation, inherited expectations, and the emotional realities of motherhood.If this episode resonated, like, comment, and subscribe to help more women find these stories.Watch on YouTube Follow The Goodmother Series:TikTokInstagramFacebookNew episodes every Sunday at 6am GMT.Produced by APodcastGeekhttps://apodcastgeek.com/