Loving Lemons

Dr. Lisa Peña
  • 5.0 (10)
  • Mental Health

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Great advice, unless you’ve lived long enough to know that not every hardship can be transformed into something sweet. Some things get better and some things become part of the life you have to keep living. And that changes the conversation about, well, everything. This warm, emotionally intelligent show explores it all, but through the lens of people who are learning to build meaningful and peaceful lives around circumstances that may never change. Hosted by pharmacist and therapist, Dr. Lisa Peña, this is not a self-help podcast. We don't need more advice for an imaginary perfect life. We need better conversations about the lives we're actually living. Welcome to Loving Lemons. Full Episodes every Tuesday and 10 min Lemon Slice Episodes every Friday. Subscribe, Follow, and Join the community on the Loving Lemons Substack.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    Episode 3 - Abandoning Hope

    What if hope isn’t always helping us? In this episode of Loving Lemons, Lisa explores Pema Chödrön’s provocative teaching to “abandon any hope of fruition” not as an invitation to give up, but as a way to stop requiring tomorrow to rescue us from today. We’ll talk about the difference between hope and acceptance, how waiting for circumstances to change can keep us from fully inhabiting our lives, and what it means to say: This is here. And I’m here too. Now what?

  2. Aug 19

    Episode 2 - Matrescence Beyond the Expected

    Welcome to the first Lemon Slice episode. These are quick 10 min episodes that go live every Friday. What happens to matrescence when motherhood doesn’t follow the expected path? In this follow-up episode, we expand the conversation to mothers whose babies die during pregnancy or at birth, and mothers of children with significant disabilities whose caregiving may continue for a lifetime. What happens when your body and identity begin preparing for a baby you never get to bring home? And what happens when the intense dependency of early motherhood doesn’t gradually lessen as your child grows? Motherhood doesn’t require a typical story to transform you. And every mother deserves language for what happened to her.

  3. Aug 19

    Episode 1 - Matrescence

    “I just don’t feel like myself anymore.” If you’ve ever said those words after becoming a mother, this episode is for you. If you love someone who is a mother or becoming a mother, this is also for you. We’re talking about matrescence, the profound physical, psychological, social, and identity transformation that happens when a woman becomes a mother. We’ll explore the surprising history of the term, what research tells us about changes in the maternal brain, and why motherhood may be less about “getting back to yourself” and more about becoming someone new.

  4. Aug 18

    Welcome

    Meet Lisa, hear the story behind the name Loving Lemons, and discover why “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” doesn't always hold up when life gives you something that can't be changed. Come find out why Lisa believes we don't need more advice for an imaginary perfect life. We need better conversations about the lives we're actually living. Welcome to Loving Lemons.

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“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Great advice, unless you’ve lived long enough to know that not every hardship can be transformed into something sweet. Some things get better and some things become part of the life you have to keep living. And that changes the conversation about, well, everything. This warm, emotionally intelligent show explores it all, but through the lens of people who are learning to build meaningful and peaceful lives around circumstances that may never change. Hosted by pharmacist and therapist, Dr. Lisa Peña, this is not a self-help podcast. We don't need more advice for an imaginary perfect life. We need better conversations about the lives we're actually living. Welcome to Loving Lemons. Full Episodes every Tuesday and 10 min Lemon Slice Episodes every Friday. Subscribe, Follow, and Join the community on the Loving Lemons Substack.

Information

  • Creator
    Dr. Lisa Peña
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Dr. Lisa Peña
  • Show Website
    Loving Lemons