EP9. How to Navigate Transitions in Motherhood

About this episode

This episode discusses the dual transitions mothers experience during significant milestones in their children's lives and the impact on their identity.

Welcome to the Mama Inner Circle 'How To' Podcast Series! TODAYS TOPIC - How to navigate transitions in motherhood! You know that feeling when your child starts daycare or school and everyone's asking "how are THEY handling it?"—and meanwhile you're having a full identity crisis in the school car park? When you're supposed to feel excited about finally getting time back, but instead you're crying after drop-off and wondering who you even are when you're not actively mothering someone? Here's what no one tells you: You're not going through a transition. You're going through TWO. In this podcast, we're using the school/daycare transition as our example, but here's the truth— every motherhood milestone works this way. Weaning, going back to work, your baby sleeping through the night, potty training, your youngest starting kindy, your teenager getting their license—every single time your child grows up a little, you're also transforming. This framework applies to all of it. We take what we actually know about child development and attachment theory—which is solid—and combine it with the maternal psychology that gets completely ignored. Because your child's transition is visible and…

People in this episode

Host: Jade Marklew

Topics covered

• transitions in motherhood
• identity crisis
• matrescence
• child development
• attachment theory

Keywords

• motherhood
• transitions
• identity
• childcare
• neuroscience
• matrescence
• attachment theory

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