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The beautiful – and confronting – thing about matrescence is it often leads us deep into our own familial story, and how we were mothered. Sometimes, without even knowing it, it can be the portal into looking at our mothers, and our mothers’ mother’s experience of being a woman and a mother… which, without the…

What if we were to view the experience of Matrescence as a spiritual assignment? How would we feel if we knew that all we are going through is actually here to help us grow? Would that make this wild ride any different? Over the years, I have interviewed many different authors and experts about matrescence…

Imagine if we could translate the word Matrescence into all the different languages, ensuring that this powerful new understanding of the rite of passage of motherhood is deeply understood by each and every women? Imagine if it was not only translated, but also shared through local cultures and traditions, bringing back a connection between mothers,…

Matrescence and the experience of becoming a mother changes us in the most profound ways – and often in the way we most need. Take our guest Sara Pantry’s story as an example: A hugely successful woman by anyone’s measure, having turned her ambition into action over and over again, leading to her position at…

Welcome back, Mamas. “I love my children deeply and ferociously. I would choose them again. I was born to be their mother. And still, it is hard. And fraught with the pains of being human, of living in a world with physical and energetic limitations.” This was the start of the social media post by…

It can take years to process what we went through in pregnancy and early motherhood. ⁠ ⁠ Especially if we didn’t understand it at the time, or had a safe space to share. ⁠ ⁠ As Rachael Rose shares this week, it’s been seven years since she was incredibly ill with hyperemesis gravidarum in pregnancy……

Welcome to “TAKE THE MIC” – a brand new style podcast episode! Every month I will be handing my microphone over to one of our phenomenal Mama Rising coaches somewhere in the world to host my podcast and share their story.  This isn’t me interviewing them – this is them HOSTING the show!  They introduce themselves, share their story of Matrescence and motherhood, and the experiences…

Welcome to another episode of “The Happy Mama Movement Podcast.” ⁠ As human beings, we seem to approach motherhood in a very unique (and strange) way.  If you look around at other species, and at nature itself, you see an acceptance of the cycles of death and destruction, and the raw and messy beauty of…

Welcome, beautiful souls, to this exciting episode of the Happy Mama Movement Podcast. This week, we have the privilege of unraveling some of the incredible tapestry of a woman not fit for the norm. Stephanie Trethewey is a woman of many talents, a pioneer in rural motherhood, and a driving force in sustainable agriculture. Stephanie’s…

For years, I have been asked: but what about the Dads? Do the non-birthing partners go through a similar identity shift? Is there something called Patrescence? And… how can I talk to my partner about this, and understand what they are going through too? Welcome to our special Matrescence Partner Podcast series! In this series,…