DEEP DIVE: Mara Glatzel on Being "Needy"
From What Fresh Hell: Parenting, Relationships, and Making Life Better, with Two Funny Moms by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson
May 25, 2026 · 34 min
About this episode
Mara Glatzel discusses the importance of recognizing and advocating for personal needs in motherhood.
This Deep Dive series revisits some of our past episodes on discerning what we need as moms, and then asking for it confidently. If someone asked you "What do you need right now?" would you even be able to articulate it? In her new book NEEDY: How To Advocate for Your Needs and Claim Your Sovereignty, intuitive coach Mara Glatzel lays out a roadmap for how to ascertain our needs as human beings, how to ask for it, and how to be comfortable with receiving it. Mara's work helps humans stop abandoning themselves and start reclaiming their humanity through embracing their needs and honoring their natural energy rhythms. In this episode, Mara and Amy discuss: The societal pressure to be perfect and need-free as mothers The difference between a "want" and a "need" and how they intersect Why it's uncomfortable both to ask for what we need and to finally receive it Mara argues that the more in tune we are with our own needs, the more we are able to peacefully coexist with others and form authentic relationships. Here's where you can find Mara: https://www.maraglatzel.com/ on her own podcast, "Needy." Here is the link to Mara's free quiz to help you identify what you need and…
People in this episode
Host: Amy Wilson
Guest: Mara Glatzel
Topics covered
- advocating for needs
- motherhood
- self-care
- authentic relationships
- societal pressure
Keywords
- needs
- motherhood
- self-advocacy
- authenticity
- societal pressure
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Needy
Books & works: NEEDY: How To Advocate for Your Needs and Claim Your Sovereignty
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