The Good Enough Mother
A podcast by Dr Sophie Brock
120 Episodes
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99. Embracing Challenges Beyond The ‘Early Years’ of Motherhood with Amy Taylor Kabbaz
Published: 25/08/2023 -
98. Birth, Trauma, and Maternity Reform: Alecia Staines on Her Decade of Advocacy
Published: 03/08/2023 -
97. Nurturing the Next Generation: A Revolution in Infant Mental Health with Dr Greer Kirshenbaum
Published: 18/07/2023 -
96. The Economy of Motherhood and Being Played the ‘Fool’ with Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
Published: 29/05/2023 -
95. Decoding Cultural Messages of Motherhood and The Good vs Bad Mother
Published: 14/05/2023 -
94. Undoing & Recreating: A Mother's Journey from 1 to 2 Children with Emily Adler Mosqueda
Published: 02/05/2023 -
93. The Gift of Maternal Ambivalence: Embracing Complexity to Build Connection with Dr Margo Lowy
Published: 17/04/2023 -
92. When you feel like you’re drowning in Motherhood - with Amanda Connell
Published: 06/03/2023 -
91. The Importance of ‘Failing’ Our Children
Published: 07/02/2023 -
90. Getting to know our new babies, and our new selves with Julianne Boutaleb
Published: 07/02/2023 -
89. Moving Beyond The Perfect Mother Myth – what next? (re-release)
Published: 26/01/2023 -
88. How culture 'creates' Motherhood and why it matters (The Fish Tank Model)
Published: 08/01/2023 -
87. For Mothers During The Festive Season (re-release)
Published: 24/12/2022 -
86. Reclaiming our Motherhood from the ‘shoulds’ this holiday season with Anna Mathur
Published: 21/12/2022 -
85. Somatic Tools for Congruent Parenting with Yara Heary
Published: 13/12/2022 -
Ep 84. Mothering ourselves through shame and perfectionism with Catherine Counihan
Published: 21/11/2022 -
Our movement towards Motherhood Liberation... can we 'jump out' of the tank?
Published: 07/11/2022 -
83. Creative Community Making for Mothers with Rachael Rose
Published: 06/11/2022 -
82. Identity shifts in motherhood with Jessie Harrold
Published: 24/10/2022 -
81. The innate wisdom of childhood with Zoe Haack
Published: 12/10/2022
The role of being a Mother offers us the potential for incredible expansion, growth, and power, while also being one of – if not THE – most challenging, undervalued, and taken for granted roles in the world. Motherhood Studies Sociologist, researcher, and single Mother, Dr Sophie Brock hosts The Good Enough Mother (TGEM) podcast with an aim to change how Motherhood is culturally defined and individually experienced. TGEM draws its name from a theorist and pediatrician Winnicott, who highlighted the ways ‘good enough’ parenting is actually what is best for our children – not perfectionism. The podcast centres the Mother as the starting point for conversations with experts and change-makers who are passionate about seeing social, cultural, and institutional change to better support Mothers and therefore our families, and communities.
