AP 686: Redefining Motherhood: Breaking Free from Outdated Expectations || Wise Women Series with Dr. Gertrude Lyons

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this episode from the Wise Women Series, I interview Dr. Gertrude Lyons, an educator and podcast host focused on challenging traditional beliefs about motherhood and empowering women to redefine their journey as mothers. Practical advice in this conversation includes making a "do something list" to prioritize self-care and fulfillment, and the importance of celebrating small daily parenting successes to combat cultural pressures of perfection. Dr. Lyons also emphasizes that self-care and personal growth not only benefit mothers but also positively impact their children. Together, we explore the concept of redefining motherhood, embracing a personalized and fulfilling approach, and discuss insights from Dr. Lyons on her views and work in the field. Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! Leave a rating and review Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes This episode is brought to you by goPure Beauty, get 25% off @goPure with code PROGRESS at https://www.goPurebeauty.com/PROGRESS #goPurepod; and by AirDoctor, use code MONICA at http://airdoctorpro.com/ for up to $300 off air purifiers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.1	You get to define your whole mothering journey, the whole path.
1:06.1	You get to define and spell out like what are the values, what matters to me in this experience, both for me personally, then as a family.
1:15.2	Okay. me personally than as a family. Hi, this is Monica Packer, and you're listening to About Progress, where we are about
1:20.3	progress made practical.
1:24.9	The only blog post I ever wrote that went on to appear in the newspaper was about how motherhood did not come naturally to me.
1:34.2	And I began with my first birth, a movie-style birth, where I barely made it to the hospital on time.
1:41.2	Just imagine scenes of me transitioning while in the front seat of the car, me arching and
1:46.7	screaming in a wheelchair while waiting in the elevator. Brad sprinting me while pushing that
1:51.6	wheelchair down the labor and delivery corridor and launching me onto the bed where I insisted I stay there
1:57.4	on all fours, and then I push out my baby screaming, I can't do it, while a loving
2:03.1	nurse yelled back at me, you're doing it, baby. They handed my newborn daughter up to me through my
2:09.3	legs, and instead of a rush of instant euphoric love, I felt only a kind of numb shock.
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