Women's happiness has been declining since the 1970s - this is why and what we need to do about it, with Giselle Goodwin

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 837 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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When we're told that we can have it 'all', what does that really look like and does it matter? Why has women's happiness been declining since the 1970s and what do we do about the fact that working mothers are 40% more stressed than their peers without children? To help us wrestle with these questions is Giselle Goodwin PhD, our guest today and author of 'Can Women Really Have it All?' We hope this conversation makes you feel seen and heard, and that if you're feeling the overwhelm of modern motherhood - you're not alone. Click Here to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of endless expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at wildnutrition.com/motherkind. Ts and Cs apply. For a £100 sponsored job credit visit Indeed.com/ Motherkind This show is sponsored by Usborne books. If you want to add a little extra joy to storytime, 'Don’t Tickle' touchy-feely sound books are available now from all good booksellers. This show is sponsored by Yeo Valley. Find Your Daily Groove: visit the Yeo Valley website to find out more. Yeo Got This! This show is sponsored by FreePrints. Download the Free Prints app for iPhone and Android from the App store or Google Play or visit freeprints.co.uk. Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Motherkind. It is me, your host, Zoe. Thank you for being here. Thank you for pushing that little play button. I am so excited to have you as a part of our Motherkind community. We are proudly sponsored by wild nutrition and this is the
0:22.5	show that's going to give you all the tools, all the validation, the expertise and support that
0:27.4	you need to thrive in your life as a modern mother. In this week's episode, my guest is Giselle Goodwin
0:34.7	PhD. She is the author of Can Women Really Have It All? That age-old question,
0:40.8	and she is here to share her latest research on some of the massive questions facing us today.
0:48.5	What does all really look like? Does it matter? Why has women's happiness been declining since the 1970s? What do we do
0:56.8	about the fact that working mothers are 40% more stressed than their peers without children,
1:02.5	and 28% more prone to burnout than working fathers? I hope this conversation makes you feel seen,
1:10.7	I hope it makes you feel heard and gives you
1:13.3	tons of validation because as I always say if you're finding it hard that is because it is
1:20.1	and in this episode you are going to hear a lot of research to back up however you are
1:26.4	feeling right now. So I hope it's supportive. I hope it's
1:29.5	eye-opening. Please do share the episode if it's resonated with you. Here it is.
1:38.8	I have something very exciting to tell you this week and that is that we have a new
1:43.7	headline sponsor on the show
1:45.8	the incredible wild nutrition so i'll be working with them all year on the podcast and beyond
1:52.3	and i'm so excited for you to get to know this brand and their products better i first discovered
1:57.9	wild nutrition 10 years ago which actually blows my mind when I was pregnant
2:02.6	with my eldest and I researched about which were the best pregnancy supplements.
2:06.9	And every single person that I asked said wild nutrition and I have loved them and
2:12.4	continued enjoying their wider range ever since. Why? Because unlike 95% of the supplement market, which is synthetically
2:20.9	derived, their supplements are food grown, which means your body recognises it like food and
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