44 Episodes

  1. 24: “Will I Ever Forgive Myself for You Not Being Mine?”

    Published: 2/4/2020

  2. 23: “How do I tell my children that their mum and dad are splitting up?”

    Published: 1/28/2020

  3. 22: I dislike my daughter. She is 15. She is a troublemaker, a liar and sly

    Published: 1/21/2020

  4. 21: "I write as a daughter and a mother at the same time… "

    Published: 1/14/2020

  5. 20: “How could I best have supported my son when he was ill and totally dependent on his fathers’ money to survive - when I myself have a low income?”

    Published: 1/7/2020

  6. 19: “I love spending time with her… She is so funny.”

    Published: 12/31/2019

  7. 18: My eldest son was extremely aggressive and intensely angry

    Published: 12/24/2019

  8. 17: “We still get together and we all talk on chat threads and the laughter is there, but that intense, bump-up-against-each-other, kind of existence was way too short. It SEEMED to last forever, but

    Published: 12/17/2019

  9. 16: “I started to have terrible intrusive thoughts about hurting my kids"

    Published: 12/10/2019

  10. 15: "I hit my daughter today. I slapped her in a rage. She looked frightened of me.”

    Published: 12/3/2019

  11. 14: “I see other kids his age going after big goals, and my child just doesn’t seem motivated at all. He has so much talent, but he’s just not using it!”

    Published: 11/26/2019

  12. 13: “Something I found hard becoming a mom was realizing how wrong my parents were in how they had raised me and how hard it is to break those cycles.”

    Published: 11/19/2019

  13. 12: “The reason I’m writing is because nobody ever talks about the heartbreak of estrangement between a mother and a daughter”

    Published: 11/12/2019

  14. 11: “It was his Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria that broke me.”

    Published: 11/5/2019

  15. 10: “I’m terrified he’s heading into his genetic propensity for addiction regardless of his upbringing.”

    Published: 10/29/2019

  16. 09: “At This Point in My Life, I Have Lost Who I Am.”

    Published: 10/22/2019

  17. 08: I Have No Idea What Rules to Set and How Strict to Be

    Published: 10/15/2019

  18. 07: The Instinct of Birth

    Published: 10/8/2019

  19. 06: My Only Child has Schizophrenia

    Published: 10/1/2019

  20. 05: Online, She is Fully Male

    Published: 9/24/2019

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Secrets of the Motherworld is a podcast created to help mothers feel less alone. We're two psychotherapists with a special interest in parenting. Listeners send us their anonymous stories about their own experiences in the Motherworld -- experiences that are too intensely private to share anywhere else. Each week, we read a listener's story and give our own reflections. It's a thoughtful exploration of the most intimate aspects of motherhood.