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Women of Valor: A Nature-Centered Christian Mindset with Frances Walker Summary Frances Walker, a mindset coach, shares her approach to working with mothers to connect with the wisdom of the body’s natural guidance. We talk about her work where psychology meets Scripture and explore how she believes these two different approaches can peacefully co-exist and even support one another as we work towards life goals and personal development.  Listen to our conversation where we discuss:  her initiation into motherhood her shift into mindset work for herself and her family how the w ..read more

Mothering as a Spiritual Awakening with Dr. Allie Davis Summary Matrescence,* the developmental period of motherhood,  can be framed as holistic rite-of-passage into a new way of life and a new mothering identity that affects a mother in every realm of  life… including the spiritual. This period holds transformative potential for a mother, and mothers’ stories and research exploring mother’s experiences shows mothers can experience (and often experience) significant spiritual development as a result of mother work  (Athan, 2005, 2013, 2015).  Mothering and motherhood c ..read more

Science + Sacred and Maternal Mental Health with Annie Broadbent Summary Annie Broadbent, a holistic psychosynthesis counselor, shares how the medicalized approach to maternal mental health and wellness may not serve mothers as well as one might think. We explore what shifts / changes/ transforms when a psychospiritual lens is applied to a mother’s birth in matrescence. Our conversation covers: Her understanding of the sacred and several archetypes of human interaction with the sacred The importance of bringing opposites and the resulting tension as opportunity for growth W ..read more

Transcending Fear to Heal Abuse in the Motherline with Terri Kozlowski Summary Soul coach Terri Kozlowski shares how to transcend fear, move beyond the egoic mind, and heal our motherlines.⁠ ⁠ I want to give a thorough trigger warning for this episode. Terri shares from her personal experience of sexual abuse and maternal abandonment as part of her story. She also shares of significant birth trauma that influenced her mothering and how she overcame the fear she carried from those experiences to heal her motherline. Media is an input I certainly try to be intentional about, so please skip t ..read more

"Mothering Against Motherhood" with Dr. Sophie Brock Summary Dr. Sophie Brock, Motherhood Studies Sociologist, explains how motherhood (institution) is different than mothering (experience). Starting from a place of WHY things are like they are for mothers, our discussion moves to HOW to advocate for a more liberatory experience of being a mother. ⁠ Our conversations covers: Sophie’s mothering and academic intersections Her theory of “hegemonic maternality” What the “good mother myth” is and how it is what we’re all swimming within How motherhood is different than mothering How social con ..read more

Becoming Again Through Major Life Change with Lindsay Blount Summary After taking a DNA test last year, Lindsay Blount found out she gad a father and twenty+ siblings she had never met. As a result, she finds herself becoming more fully herself by living in the liminal space of identity.  Our conversation covers: Her mothering journey so far The surprising discovery that shifted her understanding of herself and her family The effects on this knowledge on herself, her family, and her worldview How she coped through the disorientation of such a large shift in her identity How the shift ..read more

Matrescence as a Shift in a Mother's Identity with Jessie Harrold Summary Jessie Harrold, doula and a coach for new mothers, discusses how matrescence, or the developmental period of motherhood, initiates a profound shift in a mother’s identity. Although there are many challenges associated with this period of rapid change, it can also be approaches as a time ripe with the potential of profound and positive self transformation. Our conversation covers:  Jessie’s background as a couch and doula Her early matrescence journey and who she’s becoming as a mother now Matresence as an ident ..read more

Depathologizing Mothering Transitions with Dr. Richelle Whittaker Summary Dr. Richelle Whittaker shares from both her professional knowledge and personal experience about the natural developmental challenges of motherhood and how these are too often pathologized or made into disorders. She shares how viewing matrescecne, or the transition into motherhood, within a wellness perspective can help us support ourselves and others throughout the many liminal spaces on our mothering journeys. Our conversation covers:  Dr. Whittaker’s own challenging transition into motherhood Her goals for ..read more

Garden like a Mother with Danielle Smith Summary Danielle Smith, owner of Garden Like a Mother and a professional gardening mentor, shares the health benefits of gardening and advice on how to get outside, get in the dirt, and grow your own food starting today.  Our conversation covers:  Public health models of health that emphasizes interconnection What a professional garden mentor does How Danielle’s gardening and mothering philosophy intersect  Social and emotional gardening benefits How gardening helped Danielle with a challenging postpartum experience Gardening as self ..read more