MAMA, UNLEASHED! - Thrive in Motherhood

Dr Jennifer Hacker Pearson PhD
MAMA, UNLEASHED! - Thrive in Motherhood

MAMA, UNLEASHED! Science, information and inspiration to unleash yourself and truly thrive in motherhood. MAMA, UNLEASHED! exists for one reason: to help mothers thrive. Whether you are pregnant, or have already had your baby, learn from experts, scientists, researchers and parents, who share their knowledge, discoveries, mistakes and life-lessons, so you can better understand postpartum, and yourself in motherhood.We are here to support you.You are not alone!Join your host, PhD-qualified neuroscientist, psychotherapist, postpartum researcher, and mother of 3, Dr Jennifer Hacker Pearson PhD (founder of DrJen.com.au), and her incredible guests, and make the life-changing, and often challenging, postpartum period the time you unleash yourself and truly thrive.

  1. 12/07/2022

    #36 The 4 Seasons of Matrescence w/ Nikki McCahon

    Imagine a world where matrescence, the developmental transformation from woman to mother, was truly recognised. Where this rite of passage was as understood and spoken about as adolescence.While matrescence isn’t a household word YET, my guest today on MAMA, UNLEASHED!, Nikki McCahon, has created a framework and language around matrescence to make this uncertain, and often challenging, time of becoming a mother more clear and less scary.Nikki created her Seasons of Matrescence model to suppor...

    47 min

  2. 11/17/2022

    #35 Do This To Feel Happier In Motherhood ("Hack" 1)

    What's the best motherhood brain hack to be a happier mother?Today on MAMA, UNLEASHED! I explain why I don’t like the term “hack”, especially in motherhood, and why we should instead be focussing on tools, strategies, exercises and protocols, to get real and long-lasting results. In this episode, I talk about the similarities, differences and connections of the brain and the mind, and the role each play in your feelings of happiness in motherhood. I give you my first of many non-hack mot...

    16 min

  3. 11/03/2022

    #34 Baby Brain Myths - How Motherhood Actually Upgrades Your Brain w/ Dr Jodi Pawluski

    Amazing things happen in a woman’s brain when she becomes a mother, and we don’t even know half of it yet. Thankfully maternal neuroscience researchers like Dr Jodi Pawluski are making great progress in this very understudied area of science.In this episode of MAMA, UNLEASHED! I have the absolute pleasure of delving into the brain of Dr Jodi Pawluski, a leading maternal neuroscientist, psychotherapist, and mother of two. We talk about so much, from why we must remove the negative connotations...

    50 min

  4. 10/19/2022

    #33 How To Truly Thrive in Matrescence

    If you knew about matrescence - the developmental transformation a woman goes through when she becomes a mother - before you became a mum, would it have changed your motherhood experience?In this episode of MAMA, UNLEASHED! I share with you knowledge, information and an evidence-based strategy that will help you thrive in matrescence, especially if you are expecting a baby.Becoming a mother shakes you up and you have little control over how matrescence will manifest for you. But you can prepa...

    19 min

  5. 10/05/2022

    #32 The Real Self-Care - 6 Steps to Lasting Happiness w/ Wendy Euler

    I believe that as women there is so much we can learn from women who have gone before us. And my guest on this episode delivers learnings in spades. In this episode of MAMA, UNLEASHED! I speak with the amazing and admirable mum of three Wendy Euler. Wendy is the creator of the highly successful women’s empowerment movement Goodbye Crop Top and the podcast Cropped – a midlife minute.This conversation goes there! It is a conversation we need to have as women and as mothers.It is deep, nou...

    46 min

  6. 09/22/2022

    #31 How 'Dropping The Ball' Is Good For Your Brain

    So, it turns out that 'dropping the ball' is a good thing in motherhood, especially for your brain and mind. Hooray!In this episode of MAMA, UNLEASHED! I talk a lot about balls, and about dropping them. I also talk about perfectionism, mental space, and why doing less will benefit your brain and lead you to get the most out of motherhood. You will learn that every mother needs to purposely drop the ball sometimes to thrive in motherhood and that matrescence is the catalyst for beautiful thing...

    14 min

  7. 09/07/2022

    #30 Why you must prioritise YOU, and how to do that | Lauren Ellis

    In motherhood it is easy, and even socially encouraged, to put yourself last.Society doesn’t tell mothers to put yourself first and fill your cup (because you can’t pour from an empty cup!). No, prioritising yourself to thrive and feel happy in motherhood is frowned upon, like the mother is selfish. So mothers don’t do it.It isn’t selfish. It is imperative!In this episode of MAMA, UNLEASHED! mum coach Lauren Ellis and I discuss in detail why you must prioritise yourself in motherhood and what...

    41 min

  8. 08/30/2022

    #29 Matrescence: the gift that makes mothers superwomen (if you let it) – with Debra Summons

    Imagine if every mother knew that she will go through a developmental transition – matrescence - when she becomes a mother, and that this would change her immensely. Now imagine if she had the information and knowledge to use her motherhood transformation to step into her power and truly thrive. Matrescence – becoming a mother – is this transition. And not only do we not talk about the fact that we change when we become mothers, we don’t tell mothers that her matrescence journ...

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MAMA, UNLEASHED! Science, information and inspiration to unleash yourself and truly thrive in motherhood. MAMA, UNLEASHED! exists for one reason: to help mothers thrive. Whether you are pregnant, or have already had your baby, learn from experts, scientists, researchers and parents, who share their knowledge, discoveries, mistakes and life-lessons, so you can better understand postpartum, and yourself in motherhood.We are here to support you.You are not alone!Join your host, PhD-qualified neuroscientist, psychotherapist, postpartum researcher, and mother of 3, Dr Jennifer Hacker Pearson PhD (founder of DrJen.com.au), and her incredible guests, and make the life-changing, and often challenging, postpartum period the time you unleash yourself and truly thrive.

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  • Creator
    Dr Jennifer Hacker Pearson PhD
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    37
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023 Tough Mothers | Dr Jennifer Hacker Pearson PhD
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