Why Mothers Struggle to Find Time for Themselves ft. Yemi Ogunmefun | The Goodmother Series Ep. 4

What does it really look like to care for yourself when motherhood makes time, energy, and even your body feel unfamiliar? In this episode of The Goodmother Series, host Ezinne Asinugo-Onyeka sits with Yemi Ogunmefun, aka @yemisco, a family, fitness, and beauty creator whose warm honesty turns motherhood, movement, and self-care into something deeply lived, not performative. From routines that help her regulate, to the pressure of body change, emergency C-sections, miscarriage, feeding guilt, and the emotional labour no one sees, this is a conversation about what it takes to stay connected to yourself while raising children.Yemi reflects on who she was before motherhood, what she assumed motherhood would be, and how pregnancy loss shaped the fear she carried into another pregnancy. She also opens up about learning that self-care is not indulgence, why routine protects her peace, and how movement became a real regulation tool in the middle of motherhood’s constant demands.The conversation also goes deeper into postpartum body confidence, emergency C-section recovery, family pressure after birth, and the shame women are made to carry around how they deliver and feed their babies. By the end, Yemi names what so many mothers need to hear, that a good mother is not perfect, a good mother knows when she needs rest, reset, and care too.Follow Yemi here:InstagramRun With YemThe 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/