The Raw Mumcast

Motherhood changes us. But what happens when we stop trying to get back to who we were and instead become curious about who we're becoming? In this episode, I sit down with identity coach Tamsin Williamson to explore the identity shifts that motherhood brings and how self-leadership can help us create lives that feel aligned, fulfilling and truly our own. Tamsin shares her journey from feeling dee...

In this episode, I’m joined by Anna Pearson, an English mother, former primary school teacher, and intuitive guide now living in Nicaragua with her husband and daughter. Through her work, Anna explores conscious living, intuition, meditation, and reconnecting with our natural rhythms.  Together, we explore: Navigating motherhood between English and Nicaraguan culture  Raising children with more in...

This episode is a raw reflection on how I used to see mothers before becoming one, and how much of that perception was shaped by judgment, conditioning, and internalised beliefs I didn’t even realise I was carrying. I talk about the invisible “glass wall” between women and mothers, and how I used to view mothers as loud, messy, and somehow less than. Women whose best years were behind them. I shar...

This is one of those conversations that doesn’t really end, it just stays with you. Today I’m joined by Kate Okello Tarrant (aka Mrs. OT): a mother of three boys, whose words carry a poetic kind of honesty. The kind that doesn’t try to fix or perform, but simply tells the truth of what motherhood and womanhood actually feel like from the inside. We explore the identity shift that comes with becomi...

In this episode, I’m joined by Dakota Ashton, who describes herself as a fierce health mentor helping perfectionist moms step away from the norms that keep them stressed, burned out, and disconnected from their bodies. But this isn’t a surface-level conversation about wellness. This is about what happens when a woman realises she’s been fighting herself for years. Dakota shares her own journey — f...

Recently my six-week program, motHERstory , was supposed to start, and no one signed up. In this episode, I’m not trying to spin that into something positive or hide it. I’m sitting with it and looking at what it actually revealed about me. Because this is the work I believe in:  not perfection, but self-honesty. I share the parts of me that weren’t fully in while expecting others to be. The patte...

When I was pregnant, I had a plan. It was color-coded, cross-referenced, and carefully mapped out: at three months postpartum, I would return to work. I would launch programs. I would coach again. The maiden in me was determined to survive motherhood. None of it happened. What followed instead was a freefall — into postpartum, into identity death, into sleepless nights, illness, grief, shattered b...

In this episode, I’m sitting down with my friend Lubna — an architect by training, and a mentor, witnesser, and guide for mothers by calling. We talk about lineage and inheritance — what it means for her to mother as a woman who is both Lebanese and Venezuelan, and how cultural roots live on in the body, in birth, and in the way we care for our children. Our conversation weaves through matrescence...

In this heartfelt solo episode, I share an honest reflection on a truth many mothers quietly carry: mothering is a huge part of who I am, but it’s not all of me. I speak to the tension between loving my child deeply and still craving creativity, purpose, and expression beyond mothering. It’s not about shame or guilt, but the permission to be both : fully devoted and still desiring. Through my Huma...

In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend Nour Baghdadi (@lamedicinasagrada), who works with German New Medicine (GNM) — a body of knowledge that offers a completely different way of understanding illness, symptoms, and healing. Together, we talk about what it really means to mother beyond fear — not by trying to be fearless, but by learning to trust the body’s natural intelligence, to see s...

In this episode, I’m calling BS on the endless stream of motherhood advice that leaves so many of us feeling disconnected, second-guessing ourselves, and spiralling into comparison. From Instagram reels to parenting books to unsolicited playground commentary, the noise is loud —and it’s exhausting. I’m sharing why most of this advice isn’t designed for you, and how Human Design offers a radically...

In this heart-opening conversation with my dear friend Blanka, we explore how motherhood becomes the portal to deep generational healing , especially through the lens of Family Constellations . Together, we reflect on the ways our children act as mirrors—revealing the unspoken stories, wounds, and patterns we carry from our lineage. We speak to the power of bringing what’s hidden into the light, t...

In this heartfelt solo episode, I open up about why I took a break from the podcast, the guilt that came with stepping away, and what it’s taken to return in a way that honors my truth.  I share how I’m learning to embrace the messy middle of motherhood and coaching—where things don’t feel polished, but they are real. I talk about starting over, listening to my sacral authority, and rebuilding my...

This episode is all about redefining pleasure the way it feels good to us in the messy middle of mothering - not how patriarchy has been allowing us, women and mothers to experience it. I’m joined by my hilarious, wise, and wonderfully unhinged friend Kim - fellow mama, coach, and creator of a super juicy new program, The Pleasure Portal that’s all about helping women find their way back to themse...

Motherhood changes everything—but what about the version of you that’s left hanging in the in-between? The part of you that feels lost, disconnected, and not quite like yourself anymore? That’s the messy middle—the raw, uncomfortable space between who you were and who you’re becoming (I'm still in it, too). In this episode, I’m diving deep into how your Human Design can help you navigate this mess...

Being a good girl is exhausting. Being a perfect mother is soul-crushing. In this episode, I’m pulling apart the deeply ingrained good girl conditioning and how it sets us up for the impossible standards of the perfect mother myth. We’ll explore: The good girl narrative and its grip on mothering A heartfelt letter from a recovering good girl (yes, that’s me) Why the perfect mother doesn’t exist—an...

Listen to my audio journal – the first week of my postpartum experience. I kept an audio journal for the first 40 days after giving birth. I was mostly recording with Leo lying on me and nursing, holding my phone in awkward positions, but I wanted to keep these memories as fresh and raw as possible for later reflections.  There is so much we don’t talk about, we don’t share when it comes to postpa...

This episode is an invitation to play with the idea of  “what if new year does not equal new you”? What if you didn’t have to become someone new? What if you were already enough? What if you were already YOU (perhaps wearing some extra layers that don’t belong to you)? I am sharing about the guilt, shame and not enoughness that many years of resolution setting and then failed execution brought int...

Oh, the stress that can come with the holidays and our (many times unrealistic) expectations of how much we need/should/must/have to do! In this episode I share my to-do list managing practise that has helped me throughout the years and not just around the holidays. I also give a tip to each Human Design energy type to survive Xmas gatherings. Some of the themes you will hear: Understanding the pr...

After giving birth to my son at home (in the middle of the living room), I had to make a hard decision - to transfer or not to transfer to the hospital. This episode is about that decision and all the emotions that flooded me - the guilt, the shame, the grief and the feeling of failure. This is also the beginning of not only having my son Earth side, but also learning to cultivate more compassion...

This episode is all about giving birth - from the moment I started to feel sensations, through the waves, the pain, the fears, the highs and lows to the point of my baby arriving Earth side.  Going through labour and giving birth to my son and to myself as a mother has been the most intense experience of my life so far. Birth asked all of me and more. It got me onto my knees, broke me into half an...

In this episode I share about how I prepped for a home birth with a doula and my husband .  The research, the birth plans, the playlists, the vision boards - I'm talking about everything that helped me feel more empowered. Some of the themes you'll hear are: The Journey of Home Birth Preparation Facing Fears and Building Support Creating a Vision for Birth Reflections of the Birth Experience I lov...

Welcome to The Raw Mumcast, the show about the wins and f*ckeries of motherhood and mothering with a dash of Human Design and a sprinkle of shadow work. Let's normalise motherhood, ditch the mum guilt and celebrate being good enough - in motherhood and beyond. I'm your host, Annamaria Papayova, and in this episode I'm sharing with you my vision for this show. The idea of this podcast came to me in...