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EPISODE · Aug 24, 2026 · 50 MIN

The Myth of the Easy Baby: Fear, Perfectionism and the Truth About Motherhood with Dr Tuesday Watts-Overall

from This Voice is Mine: the Unquiet Podcast · host Emma Offord

In this honest, funny and deeply human conversation, Dr Tuesday Watts-Overall, psychologist and mother of three, joins Dr Emma Offord to talk about the truth of modern motherhood: the fear, the perfectionism, and the shame around feelings we were never taught to name.Tuesday shares how she left an academic career built on perfectionism behind when motherhood made it impossible to keep performing, and how a single moment on her own driveway became the turning point that changed everything. Together, Emma and Tuesday explore the myth of the easy child, the fear of becoming your child's inner critic, sensory overwhelm, and why connection, not solutions, is what mothers are really looking for.A grounding, validating listen for every mother figuring out who she is underneath the performance.Follow Dr Tuesday on her Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/iamdrtuesday/

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In this honest, funny and deeply human conversation, Dr Tuesday Watts-Overall, psychologist and mother of three, joins Dr Emma Offord to talk about the truth of modern motherhood: the fear, the perfectionism, and the shame around feelings we were never taught to name. Tuesday shares how she left an academic career built on perfectionism behind when motherhood made it impossible to keep performing, and how a single moment on her own driveway became the turning point that changed everything. T...

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