The Version of Mother’s Day We Don’t Talk About

About this episode

This episode explores the complex emotions surrounding Mother's Day, including gratitude and grief.

Send us Fan Mail Mother’s Day is supposed to be simple. Flowers, brunch, cards. But for a lot of us, it’s not. In this episode, I’m talking about the version of Mother’s Day we don’t always say out loud.. the one that holds gratitude & grief at the same time. The one where you can feel so lucky to be a mom while missing your own. Or longing to become one. Or navigating relationships that don’t look the way you thought they would. I’m sharing what this day feels like for me, almost f...

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Feil

Topics covered

• Mother's Day
• grief
• gratitude
• parenting
• relationships

Keywords

• Mother's Day
• grief
• gratitude
• parenting
• relationships
• longing
• emotions

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