Gertrude Lyons on The Mother Code with Gail Scott

About this episode

Gertrude Lyons discusses her book and the themes of motherhood and identity with Gail Scott.

In this special episode of Owning Your Legacy, Gertrude Lyons, author of Rewrite the Mother Code, joins Gail Scott, Director of Administration at Edlong and one of the producers of the podcast, for a powerful conversation on motherhood, identity, vulnerability, and the cultural expectations women inherit. Gertrude shares the personal journey behind writing Rewrite the Mother Code and how the process invited her into a deeper level of honesty, healing, and self-discovery. Together, she and Gai...

People in this episode

Host: Gail Scott

Guest: Gertrude Lyons

Topics covered

• motherhood
• identity
• vulnerability
• cultural expectations
• self-discovery

Keywords

• motherhood
• identity
• vulnerability
• cultural expectations
• self-discovery
• Rewrite the Mother Code

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Rewrite the Mother Code

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