#216 – The Waking Up of the Activist with Grace Gulley

It is so very powerful within the work that I do when women wake up and say, enough is enough. And Grace Gulley is certainly healing and using her voice to stand strong in her advocacy for mothers, mental health and fighting against the systems that oppress mothers and caregivers. Grace experienced a somewhat unexpected pregnancy, being let go from her job, and a pandemic thrown in. After suffering in silence with an undiagnosed (and ignored) perinatal mood anxiety disorder for the first year of new motherhood, she came across matrescence and importantly the Mama Rising book to encourage alongside. Listen to I chat with Grace in a touching and powerful conversation which includes:

• Postpartum rage, burnout, anxiety and emotional realities alongside the isolation of pandemic pregnancies and early motherhood.
• The rig system. Patriarchy, rules around motherhood, value from productivity and money and how it is designed to benefit those upholding the system – rarely supportive enough for current day mothers.
• Current challenges with the US system such as reproductive rights, maternity leave and childcare to name a few.
• The Mama Rising program and how words create worlds. How it can be hard to articulate within motherhood and ask for support.

Grace brings a certain essence which is incredibly powerful throughout this interview and I know this is what we need in the world right now to change the system of motherhood and support women and birthing parents differently.

I invite you to follow Grace via her instagram @gracegulley, because this woman is making shifts for us all.

Additionally, you can find out more and receive your Matrescence map here https://www.amytaylorkabbaz.com/matrescence/