The New School Of Motherhood Podcast

Breastfeeding is often treated as something that starts when your baby arrives. But what happens in birth, the support you receive afterward, and the beliefs you carry into motherhood all shape how that relationship begins. In this episode, I’m joined by midwife and lactation consultant Katie James to explore the connection between birth, breastfeeding, and the transition into motherhood. We talk...

What does it actually take to become a great mother, not in performance, but in presence? In this episode, I share a personal story of early separation, and why so many of us enter motherhood led by fear and “trying not to get it wrong”. We explore what changes when you get clear on who you want to become, and you start making choices from trust instead. We talk about: my experience of being sent...

So much of early motherhood can feel like second-guessing yourself. Am I responding the right way? Am I being too soft? Too harsh? Am I creating the kind of relationship I want with my child? But beneath all of those questions is something deeper; learning how to become a safe place for your children while still staying connected to yourself. In this episode, I’m joined by Orna Sharon, a mother of...

Balancing career and motherhood can feel like you’re always behind in one or the other. Not because you’re doing it wrong, but because the idea of “balance” often doesn’t hold in early motherhood. In this episode, we look more closely at what balance actually looks like when you’re raising a child and working. Zarina shares her experience of returning to work five weeks after birth, and the belief...

Unconditional love is something many of us want to give our children. And yet, in the moments that test us most, it can feel hard to access. In this episode, I explore unconditional love through the lens of wholeness: how the conditioning we experience in childhood can disconnect us from ourselves, and why practicing unconditional love toward ourselves is what makes it possible to offer something...

I’m back with my co-host Jason Seeman! In this conversation we delve into the profound shifts in family dynamics and the dismantling of the myth of 50-50 sharing. I share a personal moment about how I struggled with the idea of giving up my financial independence and learned to embrace the interconnectedness with my partner. Jason shares a touching moment about how he navigated the early days of f...

Most women don’t realise how much of their birth experience has already been shaped—long before labour begins. In this episode, I explore the gap between what we’re told about birth and what actually determines how we experience it. Drawing from my own two very different births—one deeply empowering, the other traumatic—I unpack the deeper layers that are often missing from birth preparation. We t...

Losing ourselves is often painted as a tragedy of parenthood — but what if it’s actually the secret to becoming more whole? In this powerful episode of Growing Together , Jason & I uncover how the inevitable process of self-loss in parenthood can become a profound opportunity for growth, connection, and rediscovery. Jason shares how becoming a father forced him to confront the paradox of losin...

Most people overlook birth as the profound initiation it truly is. Jason Seeman's raw story reveals how witnessing his wife’s labor transformed his understanding of vulnerability, control, and emotional growth—lessons that echo through every aspect of parenthood. In part 2 of Growing Together, Jason shares the unexpected journey of witnessing his partner go through intense labor, unearthing hi...

In this episode, I'm talking about how my Type-A personality, the traits that made me successful in my career, completely suffocated me in early motherhood. I share where my Type-A tendencies come from and how they showed up with my daughter Ella's sleep. I tracked everything, read all the books, researched obsessively, and micromanaged my way through those early months. The more I tried t...

What if parenthood isn't something to survive, but an invitation to grow into the person you're meant to become? In this first episode of Growing Together, I sit down with Jason Seeman, founder of Raising Fathers, for an honest conversation about the unseen initiations of parenthood. We share the pivotal moments when we each realised we needed to grow—and how our children became our greate...

In this first solo episode, I'm talking about why we need a completely different approach to motherhood. Most of us prepare for pregnancy and birth with apps and baby gear lists, but no one's teaching us the most fundamental thing: how to actually become the mother we want to be. I share my own experience of going into motherhood, how I realised there was this massive gap in what we're...