Ep. 67 Understanding Alchemy in Motherhood with Kathryn Ducey

Ep. 67 Understanding Alchemy in Motherhood with Kathryn Ducey

From Rewire For Birth by Cindy Tahhan

February 14, 2026 · 1h 14m

About this episode

Cindy Tahhan and Kathryn Ducey discuss the transformative journey of motherhood and the healing aspects of trauma and lineage work.

→ Get Dr. Cindys Top Homeopathic Remedies →⁠ Get Dr. Cindys Free Birth Meditation ⁠ 📲 Connect on Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ @drcindytahhan⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @rewireforbirth What if motherhood wasn’t meant to be mastered—but alchemized?In this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with Kathryn Ducey , master coach and trauma-informed guide, for a raw, expansive, and deeply honest conversation about motherhood, nervous system healing, lineage work, and the profound transformations that children awaken within us.Kathryn shares her extraordinary journey into motherhood—stepping into the role overnight after meeting her partner, Michael, who came with two young daughters grieving the loss of their mother. What unfolded was not just parenting, but a full-body initiation into healing, humility, and truth. Kathryn opens up about: Entering motherhood suddenly—and navigating grief, identity shifts, and attachment in real time, functional freeze, complex PTSD, and how trauma lives in the body, how children mirror the parts of us that were silenced, exiled, or forced to grow up too soon, the discomfort (and gift) of having our lineage wounds reflected back through our children, why perfectionism, people-pleasing…

People in this episode

Host: Cindy Tahhan

Guest: Kathryn Ducey

Topics covered

  • motherhood
  • alchemy
  • nervous system healing
  • trauma
  • lineage work
  • parenting

Keywords

  • motherhood
  • alchemy
  • trauma
  • nervous system
  • parenting
  • healing
  • identity shifts

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