With everything happening in the world right now, it is a very intense time to be a Mama. So it seems to be such a fitting time to have this raw and honest conversation about all things motherhood.
Alison Ryan is joining us for this episode where we discuss the motherhood journey and explore some of the highs and lows, and everything in between about motherhood throughout the different seasons that we get to experience. It is so important that we all take time to share our stories and experiences in motherhood so that listeners, followers, friends, and family, can really feel understood, heard, and less alone in their own journey.
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In this episode, we are sharing with you:
- All things motherhood
- Introducing Alison
- Getting started as a Mama Mentor
- The silent struggle
- Overwhelm causing mothers to not even be able to identify what it is they need
- The transition you go through when you become a mother
- Our favorite parts of motherhood
- Choosing presence overlooking forward to the future or stressing over the past
- How these favorite things tend to revolve around our kids, and not ourselves as mothers
- The teeter-totter of martyrdom in motherhood
- We have to remember, that as mothers, we matter too.
- We can not be the mamas that we desire to be if we don't take care of ourselves
- Learning to prioritize yourself and your well being as a Mother
- Our LEAST favorite parts of motherhood (you’ll want to listen to this!!)
- Triggers and high expectations
- The real and honest struggles
- Becoming our own advocates
- Finding space to recognize what you need
- You have to be your own knight in shining armor
- Postpartum & mental difficulties that come along with it
- Postpartum anxiety, depression, and rage
- Feel as if the medication makes you weak because of society, but coming to terms with the fact that that simply is not true
- Motherhood and postpartum can be a portal to healing
- Feeling alone
- New expectations and how to be proactive about your own well being
- Learning to press the easy button
- Things you can do right now to help make things easier and find joy in your journey as a Mama.
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