The Secret Life of Mothers

The Secret Life of Mothers
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Join us as we delve into the inspirational Secret Life of Mothers! These are real stories from real women sharing the real story of matrescence (becoming a mother); the experiences that shaped and challenged, but didn’t break them. Much of motherhood takes place in the brain - these are the hidden stories of mothers told by women from their lived experience. The interviewer is Maggie Gordon-Walker www.maggiegordon-walker.com, founder/director of Mothers Uncovered. For more information on Mothers Uncovered please visit our website https://mothersuncovered.com/ or https://matrescence.uk

  1. Life After A Mormon Upbringing

    Jun 19

    Life After A Mormon Upbringing

    Audra Phelps founded Mama Audra to help moms unravel the web of old beliefs after leaving the LDS church to discover her own identity as a woman and mother. With over 15years of experience in international education and coaching, she discovered her passion in supporting moms grappling with grief, mom guilt, and identity loss after a faith crisis. When she finally made the life-altering decision to leave the church, she found herself sinking in uncertainty, lonelier than she'd everbeen before, and constantly feeling like she was failing her children. Through years of coaching, she has walked the path to uncovering beliefs that resonate,building relationships with her children based on love and trust, and navigating the loneliness that comes from starting all over again. She is now focusing her work on the unique challenges that ex-Mormon moms are navigating, helping them feel confident in who they are and blaze their own path, on their ownterms. https://mamaaudra.com Masterclass - 5 Shifts Every Former Mormon Mom Needs to Make: https://mamaaudra.com/training  www.mothersuncovered.com www.matrescence.uk www.maggiegordon-walker.com

    58 min
  2. Eve Canavan: Perinatal Mental Health Champion

    May 3

    Eve Canavan: Perinatal Mental Health Champion

    Eve Canavan is the Co-Founder and Coordinatorof Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week. Having experienced Postpartum Psychosis after the birth of her son, Eve began blogging about her experience and established the voluntary group Perinatal Mental Health Partnership anddevised the Awareness Week, a free yearly global resource, highlighting Perinatal Mental Health, how to access support and focusing on the organisations and services that support recovery. She is the UK Coordinator for Postpartum Support International and a media volunteer for Mind and Action on Postpartum Psychosis. She also shaped the character Stacey Slater's postpartum psychosis storyline on #Eastenders. Eve received the British Empire Medal for Services toMental Health in Her Majesty’s New Year Honours in 2017.  Insta: @eviecanavan

    56 min
  3. Carving My Own Story

    Apr 20

    Carving My Own Story

    Madhu Senaratne is a lecturer, researcher and writer. She holds a PhD, and her work focuses on voice, power, and ethicsin storytelling. She currently lectures in areas of humanitarian reporting, and media and development. She has previously worked as a journalist and with the United Nations in conflict and post-conflict contexts. She has published numerous academic and creative pieces. Her debut poetry pamphlet Mother Self explores the everyday realities of motherhood, focusing on identity, care, andthe emotional complexity of that experience, capturing both its vulnerabilities and its strengths. Instagram: motherselfstory mothers_uncovered

    44 min
  4. Parenting After Twin Loss

    Mar 19

    Parenting After Twin Loss

    Elaine Gregersen is an award-winning writer, public speaker, and podcast coach based in the North East of England. She writes and speaks about baby loss, caring, grief, and creativity. In 2025, she won the Allyson Kent Prize for Fearless Writing. She has also been shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Prize and the Curae Literary Prize. Her pop culture podcast, The Honeymoon Period, reaches listeners in over 60 countries and has beenfeatured in The Guardian and Film Stories.   Instagram: elainegwrites

    51 min
  5. Navigating Young(ish) Motherhood

    Feb 9

    Navigating Young(ish) Motherhood

    Chloe Saunders is the Director of The Afterbirth Club, a community supporting parents through the messy, in between stages of parenthood.Alongside this, she works in cyber security, balancing a structured professional world with advocacy, podcasting and community building. She brings an honest perspective on motherhood lived in the often overlooked space of not quite a young mum, but not quite anything else either. At her core, Chloe believes that no act of kindness is ever wasted, and that showing up for people, consistently and without judgement, matters. Insta: theafterbirthclub www.mothersuncovered.com

    51 min
  6. Carrying Grief: Romy's story

    Jan 14

    Carrying Grief: Romy's story

    Re-releasing this episode from April 2023. Maggie interviews Ali Norell, who tragically lost her baby daughter Romy at 4 months old due to a rare condition. Even though Romy's life was short, she changed Ali's life (she believes for the better) and led to the work she does now. #alinorell #grief #maggiegordonwalker

    1h 7m
  7. Maggie Gordon-Walker - The Uncovered Mother

    Jan 13

    Maggie Gordon-Walker - The Uncovered Mother

    The re-release of this first episode from March 2023. Trustee of Mothers Uncovered/Livestock interviews Maggie Gordon-Walker, who is the founder of Mothers Uncovered, set up for her charity Livestock in 2008.The Brighton-based creative support courses are led by past participants, celebrating the woman behind the mother, while allowing feelings to be explored honestly, without judgement. She is an advocate for matrescence (the transition to motherhood), believing women’s wishes around pregnancy, birth and postpartum are often ignored ormarginalised. She co-edited an anthology of past participants’ stories of their matrescence: ‘The Secret Life of Mothers’ (2018) and presents this podcast. She has spoken locally and nationally and been interviewed by BBC Southeast, R5 Live and ITV.Her work on the importance of maternal peer support and recognition of matrescence has appeared in The Guardian, The Canary, Mumsnet, Charity Times and academic journals. She has won several awards for her advocacy, including Social Enterprise UK Women’s Champion and Big Issue Changemaker. www.matrescence.uk www.mothersuncovered.com #maggiegordonwalker #mothersuncovered

    40 min
  8. The raw content of motherhood

    12/11/2025

    The raw content of motherhood

    Naomi Booth is the author of the novels Exit Management and Sealed, and the short-story collection Animals at Night; her work has been featured in books of the year in the Guardianand the White Review, listed for the Sunday Times short story award, and she won the Edgehill Short Story Reader's Prize in 2023. Naomi grew up in West Yorkshire and now lives in York; she is Professor in Creative Writing at Durham University. Her most recent novel, raw content, was described in nb magazine as 'a beautiful and thought-provoking story of post-natal mental health, violence, paranoia and unconditional love in all itsforms'.  #naomibooth #rawcontent #mothersuncovered #matrescence #maggiegordonwalker

    46 min
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Join us as we delve into the inspirational Secret Life of Mothers! These are real stories from real women sharing the real story of matrescence (becoming a mother); the experiences that shaped and challenged, but didn’t break them. Much of motherhood takes place in the brain - these are the hidden stories of mothers told by women from their lived experience. The interviewer is Maggie Gordon-Walker www.maggiegordon-walker.com, founder/director of Mothers Uncovered. For more information on Mothers Uncovered please visit our website https://mothersuncovered.com/ or https://matrescence.uk

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  • Creator
    The Secret Life of Mothers
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
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