Rewind: Challenging Our Individualistic Culture with Erin Spahr

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Challenging Our Individualistic Culture with Erin Spahr ⁠@feminist.mom.therapist⁠ In this episode, Rachael interviews Erin Spahr, a licensed therapist, mother, and maternal mental health advocate. They discuss the intersection of feminism and motherhood, the lack of support and systemic oppression faced by women and parents, and the harmful effects of comparison and external validation on social media. Here’s what they discuss in this episode: The importance of self-compassion and self-trust in navigating motherhood The need for inclusive and identity-affirming care for perinatal individuals Lack of federal paid parental leave in the US and how it is a MAJOR issue for mothers How harmful the societal ideology of individualism and the expectation that mothers should do it all without support is All about the tradwife movement and how it glamorizes an unrealistic and oppressive view of motherhood. Why does feminism have a negative connotation? And so much more! Mentioned in this episode: Erin’s instagram: ⁠@feminist.mom.therapist⁠ Listen to The Feminist Mom Podcast ⁠here⁠ Inclusive Provider Directory website: ⁠https://www.inclusiveproviders.com/⁠ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources, visit⁠ heysleepybaby.com⁠ and follow⁠ @heysleepybaby⁠ on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of⁠ Hey, Sleepy Baby⁠, and the host of this podcast. ⁠Instagram⁠ |⁠ Tiktok⁠ | ⁠ Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.
0:10.2	I'm your host, Rachel, and today I'm joined by Aaron Spar, a licensed therapist, mother, podcast host, and maternal mental health advocate.
0:19.8	Aaron uses a feminist lens in her work with mothers and
0:22.9	strives to help mothers free themselves from oppressive societal expectations to find more
0:27.3	self-confidence and self-compassion. She hosts the feminist mom podcast where she discusses
0:32.4	the intersection of feminism and motherhood with inspiring new guests each week. And Aaron recently
0:37.4	launched the
0:38.0	Inclusive Provider Directory, which is an incredible directory that serves as a vital link
0:42.3	connecting mothers, birthing individuals, and families in the United States and Canada with
0:46.6	perinatal providers who prioritize inclusivity and identity affirming care, which is so, so important.
0:52.4	Aaron sees clients as well in her private practice available to folks in North Carolina and Maryland, and she lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband and two kids. Thank you so much for joining. I'm so excited to have you here. Yay. Thanks for inviting me. This is exciting. Of course. Well, I love listening to your podcast, and we've chatted, you know, both on and off
1:11.4	Instagram before I was a guest on your podcast when you first started. And we had a really
1:15.2	great conversation. So I'm going to link that in the show notes as well. And hopefully we
1:19.9	won't be repeating ourselves too much here. But I love that you're now kind of in the hot seat.
1:23.8	And we can talk a little bit about your your both your motherhood journey and your journey
1:28.0	as a therapist and navigating this world of online not online therapy but you know content
1:34.4	creation or whatever you want to call it but first I'd kind of love to just hear a little bit
1:38.6	about your background so you started as a therapist and then did you always have the specialty in working with parents or working in the perinatal
1:48.3	period?
1:48.9	Or did that kind of come about after you had your own kids and wanted to shift?
1:52.7	How did that all go?
1:54.2	Yeah.
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