#47 Mothering Grown Up Children; An Interview with Annie Richardson

All my guests are super honest and real in our conversations. It's something I'm very proud of sharing with the world. And so here is another one...Annie Richardson is qualified holistic counsellor, healer, and women’s circle facilitator with over two decades of experience. Through her work as a Birth and Postpartum Doula, specialising in Matrescence, Annie saught professional education to become a certified counsellor specialising in the Birth to Rebirth of women's lives.Outside of Annie's professional work, she is a Mother of 4 and a Grandmother to 1. She's been parenting for nearly 30 years and has gone through the full spectrum of parenting.I love how Annie's wisdom oozes from her and she's is so f**king REAL.In this episode we speak about:Annie's start to Motherhood at age 17Mothering grown up children compared to little onesriding through grief in all it's shapes and forms e.g. grieving the life we had before becoming a Mumthe need for freedom that arises and balancing the 'scales' the HUGE power of someone truly meeting us where we're atself-discovery work and finding/meeting ourselves through Motherhoodthe physical and sensory experience of being in a 'postnatal body' (what is our own and what is society's BS)early menopause, menopause, post menopause and giving less f**kshealing through burlesqueconscious 'unmothering'EXPLICIT language at 52 minutes in(!)the wisdom of menopause and 'sagescence'Themes: mothering, grief, pregnancy and postpartum care, self-discovery, menopause, burlesque, human designAt the end, I share a poem by Tanya Markul.To see more about Annie see here on her website. And connect with Annie here on Instagram. You can also check out her YouTube channel.Did you enjoy this episode? If so, I would really appreciate it if you could please leave a review on the platform that you listen. Would you like to work with me? For more insights and to contact me you can find me on Instagram, and at www.lucywyldecoaching.com, where you can sign up for my newsletter!