S2 #10 Dads Supporting Mums for the Win; An Interview with Alex Trippier

About this episode

In this episode, Lucy Wylde interviews Alex Trippier about the role of men in parenting and the challenges faced by couples after having children.

Alex Trippier is a writer, speaker, podcast host, husband and father. He is an emerging voice on parenting and the role of men in family life. Alex has immersed himself in the work of leading mothers and parenting experts, exploring women’s lived experiences, mental load and family life. Alex brings a compassionate, feminist perspective to a growing international audience and writes regularly for 'The i' as well as having been cited in Grazia and Marie Claire. I connected with Alex on Instagram and I LOVED this conversation — and the laughs! He is brilliant and admirably honest about himself and his journey. In this episode we speak about: Alex's reels and his activism in the parenting space the problem with assumptions why so many couples can suffer after having children doing the work on ourselves, midlife 'crises' and individuation what doing burlesque did for me (on a deeper level than people may think) enjoying life as a couple more and Eve Rodsky's book 'Unicorn Space' gender norms and how men and women are judged in society Alex's (great) observations of matrescence and why self-advocacy matters responsibilities and the words we use navigating social media, self-worth and…

People in this episode

Host: Lucy Wylde

Guest: Alex Trippier

Topics covered

• parenting
• gender norms
• self-advocacy
• matrescence
• patrescence
• mental load
• domestic abuse

Keywords

• parenting
• mental load
• gender norms
• self-advocacy
• matrescence
• domestic abuse
• Eve Rodsky

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