327 SelfWork: The Jungle of Real Motherhood: A Conversation with Annaliese Lawton
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Real motherhood can certainly seem like you're trudging your way through a jungle of fears, exhaustion, and confusion - so why is it still portrayed as "easy" or "natural"? Author Annaliese Lawton's new book, Welcome To The Jungle, explores her own emotional turmoil associated with maternity coupled with life's daily struggles. Lawton is a small-town mom whose literary journey began when her Facebook post on motherhood and mental health went viral. Her post was translated in seven different languages, accumulated 80,000 shares, six million views, and eventually landed Lawton a book deal. Filled with unfiltered thoughts and perspectives on womanhood, Welcome to the Jungle isn’t just another parenting book on the highs and lows of motherhood, it will encourage conversations about topics on maternal mental health, marriage, and wellness. Lawton shares, “To say the book is about motherhood is really an underestimation. Motherhood is the backdrop against which the real story unfolds."
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| 0:00.0 | This is Selfwork, and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:14.1 | At Selfwork, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world |
| 0:19.0 | and what to do about them. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Dr. Margaret, and Selfwork is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today |
| 0:26.2 | for your own Selfwork. |
| 0:29.8 | Hello, and welcome, or welcome back to Selfwork. |
| 0:32.2 | Today, we have a very special guest, Annalise Lawton, who is the author of the new book, |
| 0:38.0 | Welcome to the Jungle, which chronicles her journey through motherhood, |
| 0:42.1 | as she navigates her struggles with mental health and other life trials. |
| 0:46.9 | We have actually something in common. |
| 0:48.6 | She'd also had a parodadectomy, which we talk about here on this episode. |
| 0:53.8 | But she's a small-tailed mom whose literary journey began when a Facebook post on motherhood |
| 0:58.9 | in mental health went viral. |
| 1:00.6 | That post was actually translated into seven different languages, and got a huge number |
| 1:06.1 | of shares and views, and eventually landed her a book deal. |
| 1:10.4 | So, she takes us on a very real stark and what she calls unfiltered journey of self-discovery |
| 1:17.3 | about motherhood, and as she faces many unexpected experiences and traumas. |
| 1:24.1 | But, hopefully, she wants to encourage conversations about topics on maternal mental health |
| 1:29.9 | marriage and wellness, which there's frankly just not enough information about. |
| 1:35.6 | So, I very much enjoyed Annalise, and I hope you will too. |
| 1:39.5 | This wraps up our February Relationship episodes, and I hope you've enjoyed them. |
| 1:44.0 | Before we go on, let's first hear from another great sponsor of Selfwork. |
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