#317 | TAKE THE MIC | POST-DIAGNOSIS MOTHERHOOD | WITH KRISTEN KILLORAN

#317 | TAKE THE MIC | POST-DIAGNOSIS MOTHERHOOD | WITH KRISTEN KILLORAN

From The Happy Mama Movement with Amy Taylor-Kabbaz by Amy Taylor-Kabbaz

October 30, 2025 · 19 min · Season 1 · Episode 323

About this episode

Kirsten Calloran shares her transformative journey through post-diagnosis motherhood and the complexities of identity and love.

Welcome back to The Happy Mama Movement Podcast. In this Take the Mic episode, I’m honoured to share the voice of Kirsten Calloran — a Mama Rising coach and lactation consultant from County Wicklow, Ireland — whose story reaches straight into the heart of motherhood’s deepest transformations. Kirsten invites us into her journey through post-diagnosis motherhood — the moment her son’s autism diagnosis opened a second matrescence, a new becoming that reshaped everything she thought she knew about identity, strength, and love.This is a story of grief and grace, of survival and softening. Of finding language for what once felt unspeakable. It’s an offering to every mother who’s ever wondered where she went — and to those slowly remembering themselves, one tender breath at a time. She talks about: How a child’s diagnosis can awaken a second transformation in motherhood. The invisible weight and isolation many caregiving mothers carry. Grief, rage, love, and identity — all existing side by side. The need for spaces that hold mothers , not just their children. The hope that rises when we begin to honour our own becoming. May this conversation remind you: you are not broken, you are…

People in this episode

Guest: Kirsten Calloran

Topics covered

  • post-diagnosis motherhood
  • autism
  • matrescence
  • identity
  • caregiving

Keywords

  • motherhood
  • grief
  • transformation
  • support
  • hope

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Happy Mama Movement Podcast, Take the Mic

Places: County Wicklow, Ireland, Wicklow

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