Why Reinventing Yourself After Motherhood Isn't Starting Over | Speak, Mother episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 21, 2026 · 12 MIN

Why Reinventing Yourself After Motherhood Isn't Starting Over | Speak, Mother

from Speak, Mother | Motherhood Burnout Recovery & Identity Reclamation · host Shannon Warner

Send Shannon A NoteDrop me a note and tell me what you're reclaiming. You may notice something different about this episode. It's dropping as Episode 86, not Episode 15.  That's not a mistake.When I relaunched Speak, Mother earlier this year I reset the episode count to one. But the more I sat with it, the more wrong it felt, because I didn't start over. I evolved. And the 70+ episodes behind this version of the show deserved to be counted.This episode is my story: the teaching career, the operations job, the layoff, the grief, the postpartum fog, and the breadcrumbs that led me exactly here. And it's an invitation for you to look at your own path and ask: what have you been tempted to erase that actually counts?Your pivot counts. Your pause counts. Your messy, nonlinear, nobody-could-have-planned-this path counts. All of it.Help me build the Speak, Mother Summer Series. Voting is live now on Instagram and Threads. Instagram: instagram.com/resonantcollectiveThreads: threads.com/@resonantcollectiveWork with Shannon: Podcast Strategy Sessions at https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hourSpeak, Mother is hosted by Shannon Warner, founder of Resonant Collective offering podcast launch, maintenance, and strategy services for truth-telling women.Follow @ResonantCollective on IG: https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Apr 21, 2026

Embed this episode

Send Shannon A Note Drop me a note and tell me what you're reclaiming. You may notice something different about this episode. It's dropping as Episode 86, not Episode 15. That's not a mistake. When I relaunched Speak, Mother earlier this year I reset the episode count to one. But the more I sat with it, the more wrong it felt, because I didn't start over. I evolved. And the 70+ episodes behind this version of the show deserved to be counted. This episode is my story: the teaching ...

Distinct summary based on available episode metadata or transcript content.

NOW PLAYING

Why Reinventing Yourself After Motherhood Isn't Starting Over | Speak, Mother

0:00 12:07

No transcript for this episode yet

We transcribe on demand. Request one and we'll notify you when it's ready — usually under 10 minutes.

No similar podcasts found.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is this episode of Speak, Mother | Motherhood Burnout Recovery & Identity Reclamation?

This episode is 12 minutes long.

When was this Speak, Mother | Motherhood Burnout Recovery & Identity Reclamation episode published?

This episode was published on April 21, 2026.

Can I download this Speak, Mother | Motherhood Burnout Recovery & Identity Reclamation episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.
URL copied to clipboard!