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The Good Enough Mother — 130 episodes · page 1 of 2
130. Music and Matrescence: Connection, Identity and Regulation in Motherhood with Elizabeth McLean (PhD, RMT)
129. Motherhood as Leadership Training: Rethinking Ambition, Burnout, and Balance with Nicky Lowe
128. Matrescence Through the Lens of Occupational Therapy with Hollie Swanton
127. When It Feels Like You’re Not Doing Enough
126. The Loving Moments and Bitter Truths of Motherhood – Maternal Ambivalence with Dr Margo Lowy
125. Lessons From My Mum - Grief and Love
124. When It All Comes Up: The Body, Hunger, Perimenopause and Mothering - with Dr Cristina Cavezza
123. 'When Good Moms Feel Bad': IFS, Motherhood, and the Healing Power of Parts Work with Jessica Tomich Sorci
122. When Motherhood Feels Like Too Much AND Not Enough
120. In Conversation with Prof Andrea O’Reilly: The Revolutionary Emergence of Motherhood Studies
119. Perinatal Suicidality: A Conversation with PANDA CEO Julie Borninkhof and Dr Laura Biggs
118. My Matrescence Festival Talk & Some Motherhood Studies News
117. When a Mother Reclaims her Space: Tehla's Story and a Permission to Pause
116. Motherhood as Leadership: Transforming Through Matrescence with Babette Lockefeer
115. Shaping the Future of Postpartum Care: A Conversation with Julia Jones on Postpartum Education
How a Footnote Changed Everything: Last Call for The Motherhood Studies Certification, Legacy Edition
113. When Everything Changes: Motherhood, Grief, and Self-Care with Suzy Reading
112. The Rebellion and Refuge of Motherhood: Bodies, Boundaries and Power with Amanda Montei
111. The Care Career Conundrum (checklist): The Sociological Roots of Our Struggle
110. Redefining Motherhood: A Conversation with Libby Ward from Diary of an Honest Mom
109. What Play Therapy Can Teach us About Ourselves and Our Children, with Dr Sam Casey
108. Harnessing Neuroplasticity to Transform Our Mothering, with Dr. Jennifer Hacker Pearson
107. Liberation from Patriarchal Motherhood? Reflections On Power, Agency & Motherhood Studies 2024
106. Understanding Ourselves & Our Children as Mapmakers: Parenting for Humans with Dr Emma Svanberg
105. When Community Sparks Creativity: 'The Mum Who Found Her Sparkle' with Jessie & Mary
A little update from Sophie
104. The Science of Baby Brain: Social & Biological Influences on Mothers with Dr Sarah McKay
103. How to Dismantle Patriarchal Motherhood? 8 Reflections
102. Using Compassion To Navigate Challenges In Motherhood With Zoe Blaskey
101. Breaking the Rules, Living in Our Values: A Conversation with Tracy Gillett of Raised Good
Invitation into Free Training - Private Podcast Episode
100. What is the Essence of 'Good Enough'? Bridging Child and Adult Psychology with Dr Tanya Cotler
99. Embracing Challenges Beyond The ‘Early Years’ of Motherhood with Amy Taylor Kabbaz
98. Birth, Trauma, and Maternity Reform: Alecia Staines on Her Decade of Advocacy
97. Nurturing the Next Generation: A Revolution in Infant Mental Health with Dr Greer Kirshenbaum
96. The Economy of Motherhood and Being Played the ‘Fool’ with Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
95. Decoding Cultural Messages of Motherhood and The Good vs Bad Mother
94. Undoing & Recreating: A Mother's Journey from 1 to 2 Children with Emily Adler Mosqueda
93. The Gift of Maternal Ambivalence: Embracing Complexity to Build Connection with Dr Margo Lowy
92. When you feel like you’re drowning in Motherhood - with Amanda Connell
91. The Importance of ‘Failing’ Our Children
90. Getting to know our new babies, and our new selves with Julianne Boutaleb
89. Moving Beyond The Perfect Mother Myth – what next? (re-release)
88. How culture 'creates' Motherhood and why it matters (The Fish Tank Model)
87. For Mothers During The Festive Season (re-release)
86. Reclaiming our Motherhood from the ‘shoulds’ this holiday season with Anna Mathur
85. Somatic Tools for Congruent Parenting with Yara Heary
Ep 84. Mothering ourselves through shame and perfectionism with Catherine Counihan
Our movement towards Motherhood Liberation... can we 'jump out' of the tank?
83. Creative Community Making for Mothers with Rachael Rose
82. Identity shifts in motherhood with Jessie Harrold
81. The innate wisdom of childhood with Zoe Haack
80. The Perfect Mother Myth and Social Construct of Motherhood
79. Redefining our careers and purpose as mothers with Amy Taylor-Kabbaz
78. Mindful Mothering and Internalised Mothering Myths with Dr Caroline Boyd
77. Seasons of Matrescence with Nikki McCahon
76. Honouring the creative potential in becoming a Mother with Kat River
75. Who is the 'bad mother'? Unpacking The Lost Daughter with Julianne Boutaleb
74. Resourcing ourselves to carry the load of motherhood with Sophie Burch
73. How understanding the sociology of motherhood helped me step into my power as a single mother
72. Behind the Scenes of The Motherhood Studies Certification Training
71. Transformative relationship-based parenting tools - with Fiona from Mama Matters
70. My Path to Becoming a 'Motherhood Studies Sociologist'
69. I'm back! :) And where I've been...
68. A New Take on 'The Mummy Wars’
67. Housework is not Mothering
66. Rage and Anger in Motherhood
65. Why 'Motherhood'? Claiming Space in our Culture and our Work
64. The Ecological Awakening of Motherhood
Ep 63. When Productivity in Motherhood is Linked to our Worthiness
62. Awakening to the Possibilities of Birth
61. Motherhood as a Rite of Passage
60. Perfectionism in Partnerships and in Parenting
59. The Sexual Revolution of Motherhood
58. Alternatives to The Perfect Mother Myth
57. Embracing Our Maternal (and Professional) Expertise
56. Identity Creation as Mothers
55. Maternal Ambivalence
54. The Expectations of the ‘Good Child’ and the ‘Good Mother’
53. How the Perfect Mother Myth Impacts Individual Mothers
52. The Personal is Political: Birth, Grief, and Motherhood
51. 'Mothering Ourselves Back to Wholeness' Within The Social Construction of Motherhood
50. Addressing Misconceptions about Good Enough Mothering
49. Rethinking 'Mummy Brain'
48. The Festive Season as the Arena for the Perfect Mother Myth
47. Neuroscience and the Nurture Revolution
Ep 46. Child Bereavement and Mothering with Grief
45. Conscious Parenting as Our Opportunity for Growth
44. Infant Feeding as a Social, Cultural, and Political Issue
43. Scary Thoughts as Part of Motherhood
42. Revealing the Mask of Motherhood
41. Allying the Needs of Both Mothers and their Children
40. A Mother’s Matrescence
39. Financial Value and Self-Worth: In Motherhood and in Business
38. The Soul-Work of Mothering
37. 'Time to Fly': On Grieving, Mothering, and Loving Again
36. Anger in Motherhood
35. How Trauma Impacts our Mothering
34. Postnatal Depletion as the Physiological and Social Cause of our Exhaustion
33. Surrendering and Softening into Mothering During Challenging Times