Welcome to episode 311 of Live Happy Now.

In just a few days, we're going to celebrate Mother's Day, but before we do that, we're going to find out what moms are made of.

This is your host, Paula Phelps, and today we're talking with Abigail Tucker, a science journalist, mother of four, and author of Mom Genes, inside the new science

of our ancient maternal instinct.

Abigail has done a deep dive into the biology and psychology of motherhood, and her findings

just might change everything you thought you knew about moms.

And stay tuned after the interview to find out how you can win a copy of her book.

Abigail, welcome to Live Happy Now.

Thank you so much, Paula.

First of all, possibly the best book title of the year.

So kudos on that.

And this is such a great book.

So I really wanted to start by finding out how and why you started

researching this topic. Well, I am a science writer by trade and I'm also a mother of four children.

And I was kind of amazed to discover this whole field of research into how and why mom's function

as they do that I'd never been encountered before. And it was just, I just was floored. I had,

I think, I think I had three kids when I first started my research and four at the end. And I didn't,

didn't know so many of the things

that I learned in the course of the book. And so I just became curious about sort of what makes me

work and think the way that I do. And then also just the moms that I meet in daily life. What's

up with us? Why and how do we function? You know, and you do a great job of explaining that.

And I really feel compelled to point out that this is a very science-based book, but it is so entertaining.

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